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Swear to howdy
By Van Draanen, Wendelin
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37592-505-4
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2003.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2003
Gr 5-8 Van Draanen couches valuable lessons in an odd mix of humor and angst in this unusual and disturbing book. When Russell meets Joey, he finds himself with an immediate and trouble-bound friend. In old-fashioned country-boy humor, the two get into a variety of scrapes including putting a frog into Joey's sister's underwear drawer and buying replacement fish to prevent Joey's drunken, abusive father from finding out the fish have died...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
