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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Children's Books
ISBN-100440229359
ISBN-139780440229353
eBay Product ID (ePID)43103870
Product Key Features
Book TitleHow Angel Peterson Got His Name
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicBiography & Autobiography / Literary, Sports & Recreation / Extreme Sports, General, Humor / General
FeaturesReprint
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
AuthorGary Paulsen
FormatDigest Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight3.4 Oz
Item Length7.6 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"These episodes will not only keep young readers, of both sexes, in stitches, they're made to order for reading aloud."-Kirkus Reviews, Starred "The stories are fresh and lively and will especially appeal to reluctant middle-grade readers."-School Library Journal, Starred "This collection will likely hook adults as much as young readers."-Publishers Weekly, "These episodes will not only keep young readers, of both sexes, in stitches, they're made to order for reading aloud."-Kirkus Reviews, Starred "The stories are fresh and lively and will especially appeal to reluctant middle-grade readers."-School Library Journal, Starred "This collection will likely hook adults as much as young readers."-Publishers Weekly From the Trade Paperback edition., "These episodes will not only keep young readers, of both sexes, in stitches, they're made to order for reading aloud."- Kirkus Reviews , Starred "The stories are fresh and lively and will especially appeal to reluctant middle-grade readers."- School Library Journal , Starred "This collection will likely hook adults as much as young readers."- Publishers Weekly
Grade FromThird Grade
Dewey Decimal813/.54 B
Grade ToSeventh Grade
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisWHEN YOU GROW up in a small town in the north woods, you have to make your own excitement. High spirits, idiocy, and showing off for the girls inspire Gary Paulsen and his friends to attempt: - Shooting waterfalls in a barrel - The first skateboarding - Breaking the world record for speed on skis by being towed behind a souped-up car, and then . . . hitting gravel - Jumping three barrels like motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, except they only have bikes - Wrestling . . . a bear? Extreme sports lead to extreme fun in new tales from Gary's boyhood. A New York Times Bestseller, WHEN YOU GROW up in a small town in the north woods, you have to make your own excitement. High spirits, idiocy, and showing off for the girls inspire Gary Paulsen and his friends to attempt: * Shooting waterfalls in a barrel * The first skateboarding * Breaking the world record for speed on skis by being towed behind a souped-up car, and then . . . hitting gravel * Jumping three barrels like motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, except they only have bikes * Wrestling . . . a bear? Extreme sports lead to extreme fun in new tales from Gary's boyhood. A New York Times Bestseller, When you grow up in a small town in the north woods, you have to make your own excitement. High spirits, idiocy, and showing off for the girls inspire Gary Paulsen and his friends to attempt.