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Hazel Green - Hardcover

Hirsch, Odo

 
9781582348209: Hazel Green
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1582348200 ISBN 13: 9781582348209
Verlag: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

Each year, on Frogg Day, a parade fills the streets and children are not allowed to take part,but it hasn't always been that way and it certainly doesn't seem fair to Hazel Green. So she decides to rally the children of the Moody Building to build a float for the parade. But things go awry when she is accused of stealing a recipe from her favorite baker and giving it to his rival. At the same time, the children ban her from participating in the parade because she tried to convince them that their float would topple. But with the help of her friend Yakov, a.k.a. "The Yak," Hazel proves her innocence and leads the children to glory on Frogg Day. From Odo Hirsch, an internationally best-selling author, and in the spirit of Harriet the Spy and Anastasia Krupnik, comes this spunky, unforgettable, irresistible character: Hazel Green. "Sometimes you really are terrible, Hazel." Good, thought Hazel Green. Everyone should be terrible sometimes.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Odo Hirsch grew up in Melbourne, Australia, where he trained to be a doctor. He now lives in London, where he spends his time writing children's books. He is the author of Bartlett and the Ice Voyage, winner of the Blue Peter Award in the UK and a Junior Library Guild Selection.

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Gr. 3-6. Twenty years ago, children marched in the annual Frogg Day parade, the city's most important celebration, but they aren't allowed to do that now. Hazel Green wants to turn back the clock. Why not let children participate in the festivities? After all, famous citizen Victor Frogg was born and grew up right in her own building. Accomplishing that is easier said than done, however, but Hazel perseveres and eventually learns about building floats, community, and friendships, including those that cross generations. Australian-born Hirsch has created an imaginative, outspoken protagonist for his charming tale, which evolves in a lyrical, descriptive, third-person narrative that has a subtle hint of fairy tale about it. Diverse characters, neighborhood life, and Hazel's actions and lively thoughts are related with wit, whimsy, and heart. An entertaining story as well as a creative portrayal of a community. Shelle Rosenfeld
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Grade 3-5-This entertaining story of one child standing up to adult authority is likely to win many fans. Hazel Green thinks it's unfair that children are not allowed to march in her town's annual Frogg Day parade, so she convinces the powers that be to let them to participate-as long as they have a float. She and the other youngsters from her building, the birthplace of the man the parade honors, develop the plans for a model of the building, but Yakov, a mathematical genius, tells Hazel that it will fall down, which no one wants to hear. Meanwhile Hazel is being falsely blamed for revealing her friend's secret recipe for a new pastry to a rival baker. Ultimately, resourceful Hazel proves that she didn't give away the secret, helps her friends fix the tower, makes a friend of Yakov, and marches in the parade. While some of the more minor characters are rather stereotypical, Hazel, Yakov, and several of the adults are interesting, complex characters. The writing is clever and funny, the plot has broad appeal, and readers will applaud Hazel's triumphs. Hirsch's book will satisfy audiences looking for gentle, humorous fiction.
Amy Lilien-Harper, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
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Verlag
Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1582348200
ISBN 13 
9781582348209
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
188
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