Stargone John

Ellen Kindt Mckenzie; Illustrated by William Low

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"The boy's plain star gone," Ma said, and tugged John forward, and everybody in the classroom heard her words."

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"A gently perceptive story of a boy's triumph, as John, with the help of good friends both real and imaginary, learns that language is good."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review

"The best kind of historical fiction. . ."--Booklist

"A book for sharing between adults and children. . ."--School Library Journal
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Ellen Kindt Mckenzie; Illustrated by William Low

Ellen Kindt McKenzie lives in the San Francisco Bay Area of California and spends her summers in rual Wisconsin. She is the author of several books for young readers, including Taash and Jesters, an ALA Notable Book, and The King, the Princess, and the Tinker, a 1992 American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. Stargone John is a Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Blue Ribbon Book and winner of the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award of 1991.

William Low is an award-winning illustrator and graduate of the Parsons School of Design. Illustrator of both Stargone John and The King, the Princess, and the Tinker, he lives on Long Island, New York, and teaches at Manhattan's School of Visual Arts.

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Stargone John
Ellen Kindt Mckenzie; Illustrated by William Low
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Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Redfeather Book from Henry Holt
April 1992
Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780805020694
ISBN10: 0805020691
Chapter Book
6 x 7 1/2 inches, 68 pages
$7.95

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Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Henry Holt and Co.
October 1990
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780805014518
ISBN10: 0805014519
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 32 pages
$13.95
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