In 2003 I had never imagined I would be living where this girl lives (the main character, but the author too lives in Chicago)
๐๐ง๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ: Sahara Special (first edition 1st April 2003)
๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฟ๐ฒ: Middle-Grade Self-Esteem, School Issues
๐๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ผ๐: 9+
โ๏ธ๐๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ: Essie Raji Codell author of Educating Esmรฉ: Diary of a Teacher's First-Year
๐๐ฃ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ: Hyperion books for children @littlebrownyoungreaders
๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐: 192
๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐น๐๐บ๐ฒ ๐ก: 1
๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐:... from bookstore
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐:
๐ Emotional and relatable, set in Chicago
๐ A little girl who wants to be a writer
๐ An amazing Nanny Macphee-ish kind of teacher
๐ A feel-good, uplifting book even during sad chapters
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค?
The cover spoke to me. Grabbed it and couldn't leave without buying it, read it with no clue of what was about. Cover art by Giselle Potter.
๐จ @gisellepotter check out the artist she has illustrated many other books including one for Toni Morrison & Slade Morrison (The Big Box)
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Beautiful book. I wish I had a teacher like Sahara did.
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