Moo : a novel

Moo A novel

Sharon Creech

eAudio - 2016

Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Love That Dog and Hate That Cat will love her newest tween novel, Moo. This uplifting tale reminds us that if we're open to new experiences, life is full of surprises. Following one family's momentous move from the city to rural Maine, an unexpected bond develops between twelve-year-old Reena and one very ornery cow. When Reena, her little brother, Luke, and their parents first move to Maine, Reena doesn't know what to expect. She's ready for beaches, blueberries, and all the lobster she can eat. Instead, her parents "volunteer" Reena and Luke to work for an eccentric neighbor named Mrs. Falala, who has a pig named Paulie, a cat named China, a snake named Edna-a...nd that stubborn cow, Zora. This heartwarming story, told in a blend of poetry and prose, reveals the bonds that emerge when we let others into our lives.

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Subjects
Moving, Household > Juvenile fiction.
Maine > Juvenile fiction.
Published
[United States] : HarperCollins Publishers 2016.
Language
English
Corporate Author
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Main Author
Sharon Creech (author)
Corporate Author
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Other Authors
Brittany Pressley (narrator)
Edition
Unabridged
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Physical Description
1 online resource (1 audio file (2hr., 20 min.)) : digital
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN
9780062570147
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).
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Review by School Library Journal Review

Gr 4-6-Twelve-year-old Reena's outburst during a family conversation about parental careers, geography, and the future "ten years from now" catapults the family from a city of monuments, subways, and museums and lands them in rural Maine. Her expectations of her new home include lobsters, blueberries, beaches, and mountains, but what she and her seven-year-old brother Luke get most familiar with is Zora, an ornery cow. Thanks to their parents, who have volunteered the kids' manual labor to their new neighbor Mrs. Falala (who just might be as cantankerous as her bovine resident), Reena and Luke have quite the "moo-ving" experience. With appealing, youthful charm, Brittany Pressley voices Creech's latest, finding a gentle, welcoming rhythm between the prose and verse of this hybrid text. VERDICT Who doesn't love a happy-ever-after story starring kids and unpredictable animals? Creech fans and newbies alike will eagerly embrace this irresistible read.-Terry Hong, Smithsonian BookDragon, Washington, DC © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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