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The Day the Whale Came
By Bunting, Eve & Menchin, Scott
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-15201-456-8
- Publisher
- San Diego, Calif. : Harcourt Brace, c1998.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 1998
Gr 2-4 This curious story about a traveling whale exhibit seems an odd vehicle for a young boy's discovery of self-esteem. Tommy's first-person account of going to the train station in his small midwestern hometown to see a dead humpback whale is also a story of two opportunists. One is Captain Pinkney, who is touring the country by train and charging people for a look at the dead animal. The other is Tommy's friend Ben, who, to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
