Mister and Me
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Mister and Me
By (Author) Kimberly Willis Holt
Illustrated by Leonard Jenkins
Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
1st November 2000
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Divorce, separation, family brea
FIC
Short-listed for Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Grades 3-5) 2003
Physical Properties
Paperback
80
Width 130mm, Height 191mm, Spine 6mm
74g
Description
Jolene's family was just Momma and Grandpa until big, loud Leroy Redfield started taking Momma dancing. Jolene refuses to call him anything but "Mister." Without a name, he isn't a real person to her. But then Jolene learns that Mister wants to marry Momma. Is there anything Jolene can do to make him go away "The warmth and love in the Johnson household envelops the novel... Jolene's willingness to face the uncertainties of her future may well give courage to readers confronting sea changes of their own."-Publishers Weekly Awards- ( New York Public Library "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing" ( A Texas Bluebonnet Master List Book
Author Bio
Kimberley Willis Holt is the author of My Louisiana Sky and the winner of the 1999 National Book Award for When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. She lives in Amarillo, Texas. Leonard Jenkins lives in New York City.
