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Napoli, Donna Jo
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Donna Jo Napoli teaches linguistics at Swarthmore College and is the author of several novels for middle graders and young adults, includingZel, anAmerican BooksellerPick of the Lists, aPublishers WeeklyBest Book, aBulletinBlue Ribbon Book, and aSchool Library JournalBest Book;Song of the Magdalene, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and anAmerican BooksellerPick of the Lists;The Magic Circle,an ALA Best Book for Young Readers; andThe Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known as De Fawg Pin.
Lita Judge is the illustrator of several books for children, includingMogo, the Third Warthog,S is for Simon, andD is for Dinosaurs, and the authorillustrator ofOne Thousand Tracings. She lives in Peterborough, New Hampshire, with her husband and two cats.
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Grade 2-4–Using a Tasmanian setting for this retelling of Hans Christian Andersens The Ugly Duckling, Napoli has fashioned a witty and entertaining book. The duckling, called Ugly by his Pacific black duck siblings, is late to hatch and behaves strangely, but is sustained by his mother, who believes he is smart. Ejected from the duck colony after a severe pecking because he is different, Ugly sets off to find a friend. Many helpful animals, including a wombat and a golden bristletail possum, provide advice, warmth, and knowledge. They also alert him to dangerous predators such as a quoll, spurred platypus, and Tasmanian devil. Ugly also learns about humans when he encounters a family and an old woman who talks to herself and her pets. Humor lightens the story. Ugly meets teenage ganders that verbally and physically spar like egotistic adolescents, but the story takes a grim turn when the shocked duckling (surprising, too, for readers who may not be familiar with the original tale) witnesses their brutal slaughter by hunters. After a long and lonely year, Ugly discovers his true identity–he is a beautiful Australian black swan–and finds a home. Like Avis Poppy series (HarperCollins), this book is lush with details of the natural world and animal behavior and an elegant use of language. An excellent read-aloud.–Susan Hepler, formerly at Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA
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- PublisherLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0786837543
- ISBN 13 9780786837540
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
- IllustratorJudge Lita
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