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The Slightly True Story of Cedar B. Hartley (who planned to live an unusual life)
By Murray, Martine
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-43948-622-4
- Publisher
- Levine Scholastic
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2003
Gr 5-8 In this tender growing-up story from Australia, 12-year-old, "exasperating and potentially infamous" Cedar B. Hartley misses her older brother who ran away from home, wonders about the circumstances of her father's death 11 years ago, and nourishes a friendship with Kite, boy acrobat. Her practice with him results in accomplished acrobatic routines, and their friendship gently evolves into romance. With unique and fu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2003
Twelve-year-old Cedar is an observer of life in her colorful Australian neighborhood, which includes her dog Stinky; her friends Ricci, sixtyish and Yugoslavian, and Caramella, eleven and Italian; bullies and mean girls; a distracted working mother; and an AWOL older brother, connected to Cedar only through a ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
