Tall story /
Gourlay, Candy.
Tall story / Candy Gourlay. - 1st Yearling ed. - New York : Yearling, 2012. �2010 - 295 p. ; 20 cm.
"A Yearling book."
Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011 School Library Journal starred, March 2011 Booklist starred, January 2011 Publisher's Weekly, December 2010 Kirkus Starred, January 2011 Horn Book, May 2011 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2011 Teacher Librarian, October 2011 Library Media Connection, August 2011
Sixteen-year-old Bernardo, who is eight feet tall and suffers from a condition called Gigantism, leaves the Philippines to live with his mother's family in London, much to the delight of his thirteen-year-old half sister Andi, a passionate basketball player.
4.4. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.
9780385752336
Giants--Fiction.
Size--Fiction.
Basketball--Fiction.
Culture conflict--Fiction.
Siblings--Fiction.
London (England)--Fiction.
England--Fiction.
Philippines--Fiction.
PZ7.G7386 / Tal 2012
[Fic]
Tall story / Candy Gourlay. - 1st Yearling ed. - New York : Yearling, 2012. �2010 - 295 p. ; 20 cm.
"A Yearling book."
Wilson's Junior High School, September 2011 School Library Journal starred, March 2011 Booklist starred, January 2011 Publisher's Weekly, December 2010 Kirkus Starred, January 2011 Horn Book, May 2011 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2011 Teacher Librarian, October 2011 Library Media Connection, August 2011
Sixteen-year-old Bernardo, who is eight feet tall and suffers from a condition called Gigantism, leaves the Philippines to live with his mother's family in London, much to the delight of his thirteen-year-old half sister Andi, a passionate basketball player.
4.4. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.
9780385752336
Giants--Fiction.
Size--Fiction.
Basketball--Fiction.
Culture conflict--Fiction.
Siblings--Fiction.
London (England)--Fiction.
England--Fiction.
Philippines--Fiction.
PZ7.G7386 / Tal 2012
[Fic]