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Larger-Than-Life Lara

by Dandi Daley Mackall
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This isn't about me. This story, I mean. So already you got a reason to hang it up. At least that's what Mrs. Smith, our English teacher, says.
But the story is about ten-year-old Laney Grafton and the new girl in her class—Lara Phelps, whom everyone bullies from the minute she shows up. Laney is just relieved to have someone else as a target of bullying. But instead of acting the way a bullied kid normally acts, this new girl returns kindness for a meanness that intensifies . . . until nobody remains unchanged, not even the reader.
In a unique and multi-layered story, with equal parts humor and angst, Laney communicates the art of storytelling as it happens, with chapter headings, such as: Character, Setting, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax. And she weaves an unforgettable tale of a new girl who transforms an entire class and, in the process, reveals the best and worst in all of us.
This is a powerful and emotional story, which School Library Journal called "Thoroughly enjoyable and unexpectedly wry, . . . as intelligent as it is succinct."
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Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers

Kindle Book

  • ISBN: 9781496418357
  • Release date: November 1, 2016

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781496418357
  • File size: 2800 KB
  • Release date: November 1, 2016

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781496418357
  • File size: 2800 KB
  • Release date: November 1, 2016

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.9
Lexile® Measure:830
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3

This isn't about me. This story, I mean. So already you got a reason to hang it up. At least that's what Mrs. Smith, our English teacher, says.
But the story is about ten-year-old Laney Grafton and the new girl in her class—Lara Phelps, whom everyone bullies from the minute she shows up. Laney is just relieved to have someone else as a target of bullying. But instead of acting the way a bullied kid normally acts, this new girl returns kindness for a meanness that intensifies . . . until nobody remains unchanged, not even the reader.
In a unique and multi-layered story, with equal parts humor and angst, Laney communicates the art of storytelling as it happens, with chapter headings, such as: Character, Setting, Conflict, Rising Action, Climax. And she weaves an unforgettable tale of a new girl who transforms an entire class and, in the process, reveals the best and worst in all of us.
This is a powerful and emotional story, which School Library Journal called "Thoroughly enjoyable and unexpectedly wry, . . . as intelligent as it is succinct."
Expand title description text
Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Tyndale House Publishers

    Kindle Book
    ISBN: 9781496418357
    Release date: November 1, 2016

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781496418357
    File size: 2800 KB
    Release date: November 1, 2016

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781496418357
    File size: 2800 KB
    Release date: November 1, 2016

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 4.9
    Lexile® Measure: 830
    Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    Text Difficulty: 3
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