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Ten-year-old Jerry's attempts to adjust to his new school and make new friends are complicated by his determination to keep secret the fact that his father is serving time in the local prison for being a thief
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Barthe DeClements, author of Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade and Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You, has received 21 awards for her novels for children and young adults. In addition to writing, DeClements has worked as a psychologist, a teacher and a school counselor. She lives in a log house on the Pilchuck River near Snohomish, Washington.
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Grade 3-6-- This novel is unlikely to achieve the popularity of other DeClements books such as Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade (Viking, 1981), but it is a credible story with enough action to keep many children reading. Fifth-grade Jerry Johnson has transferred to a new school near Seattle. His father is in prison--a fact which one unsavory fourth grader uses to try to obtain hush money. Jerry acquires an ally in the girl next door. Wanting to help his mother by obtaining an expensive pair of comfortable shoes for her to wear on her waitress job, Jerry steals the shoes, which he explains is a "five-finger discount." When his father is released from prison and Jerry confesses the theft to him, they both make a wish that they will "always be straight," although Jerry says, "I wasn't sure in my heart if he could keep his. But I knew I would keep mine." Readers are to find out what happens to Jerry in two sequels. Well-rounded characterizations and believable dialogue, along with realistic portrayals of family relationships and friendships, elevate this above the typical problem novel. Values are presented smoothly within the context of the story. --Ronald A. Van De Voorde, Graduate Library School, University of Arizona, Tucson
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ISBN 13: 9780440403210
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