A Gebra Named Al - Softcover

Isdell, Wendy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1365981002 ISBN 13: 9781365981005

Publisher: Lulu.com, 2017

Synopsis

Winner of multiple awards for educational fiction as well as quality fantasy, this charming story brings us the adventures of Julie in the Land of Mathematics. Julie is a young teen who struggles with her homework, especially math, until a mysterious Imaginary Number leads her into Mathematics. There she meets Al the gebra (who is like a zebra), and horses who represent elements on the Periodic chart. She sets off on a quest to find her way home, and in the process, learns the foundations of algebra and chemistry. Join Julie in her journey through Mathematics, where the Orders of Operations are actual places and chemistrees are real plants with atomic fruit. Will Julie ever get home? Written when the author was age fourteen, this work of fiction has been used in various school systems throughout the U.S to help supplement cross-curriculum learning. It can also be enjoyed as light fantasy reading.

About this title

About the Author:

Wendy Isdell began writing her first book, A Gebra Named Al, when she was in the eighth grade. She entered the story in the Virginia Young Author's Contest of 1989, where it won first place in the Rappahannock regional competition and went on to capture first place at the state level. She sent her story to Free Spirit Publishing in 1992, and it was published in 1993, when Wendy was a senior in high school.

Review:

“Fascinating . . . like a modern-day version of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”—Mathematics Teacher

 “Wonderfully written and a joy to read.”—Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1365981002
• ISBN 13: 9781365981005
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 104