Sometimey Friend
Sylvia Freeman is ready to start fifth grade at Fork Hollow Elementary. Being the new kid will be a challenge, but she’s counting on her great-grandmother and best friend, Miz Lula Maye, to help her with any problems. Unfortunately, it turns out that Miz Lula Maye IS the problem. At school, Sylvia realizes it’s a little strange to have an old lady for a best friend. Sylvia decides it’s best if no one knows about Miz Lula Maye. But fall carnival time is coming and Miz Lula Maye wants to enter the costume contest together. What could be more embarrassing than that?
| Format | Your Price | Add |
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978-0-8225-6298-6
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$19.99 |
| Interest Level | Grade 3 - Grade 6 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 5 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Imprint | Carolrhoda Books ® |
| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2005-08-01 |
| Text Type | Fiction |
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| BISACS | JUV045000 |
| Dewey | [Fic] |
| Graphics | 1-color illustrations |
| ATOS Reading Level | 4.3 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 103513 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 3.0 |
| Features | Awards and Reviewed |
Awards
- Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
Reviews
Booklist
“Sylvia’s immediate first-person narrative is true to the child’s voice, and Marshall’s occasional charcoal pictures capture a sense of family, which is the heart of the story.”
—Booklist
Kirkus Reviews
“Those who’ve read the first two installments in Sylvia’s life will want to continue with this one.”
—Kirkus Reviews
School Library Journal
“A heartwarming, humorous sequel to Sylvia and Miz Lula Maye (Carolrhoda, 2002), set in South Carolina in 1978. . . Flood’s characters are likable, and the realistic dialogue lends an appealing ethnicity to this charming story about a loving African-American family. Marshall’s pencil drawings add spice to this story of a special intergenerational relationship.”
—School Library Journal