A Patron Saint for Junior Bridesmaids - Shelley Tougas 电子书mobi+epub
A Patron Saint for Junior Bridesmaids - Shelley Tougas 电子书mobi+epubProduct details
Age Range: 9 - 12 years
Grade Level: 4 - 6
Lexile Measure: 640 (What's this?)
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press (October 11, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1626724032
ISBN-13: 978-1626724037
A Patron Saint for Junior Bridesmaids Hardcover – October 11, 2016
by Shelley Tougas(Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Patron-Saint-Junior-Bridesmaids/dp/1626724032
Product details
Age Range: 9 - 12 years
Grade Level: 4 - 6
Lexile Measure: 640 (What's this?)
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press (October 11, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1626724032
ISBN-13: 978-1626724037
A bully, a wedding, and a larger-than-life family add up to a hilarious and heartfelt middle-grade novel.
Mary Margaret Miller is going to be a junior bridesmaid--that is, if she isn't grounded for the rest of her life. She's feuding with school bully Brent Helzinski, and her cousin Eden, aka The Bride, is clashing with her grandmother about wedding plans. Mary knows it's her job as a junior bridesmaid to make the day run smoothly, but she sure could use a little help from above.
Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Gr 4–8—In addition to moving from Minnesota to North Dakota over the summer, middle schooler Mary has the distinctly important responsibility of serving as her cousin Eden's junior bridesmaid/maid of honor. While her parents prepare the new house in North Dakota, Mary and her younger brother are sent to stay with their grandmother in St. Paul to help prepare for the wedding. A model student and well-behaved daughter, Mary knows that she can help her cousin, who suffers from severe social anxiety, by corralling her very spirited, very overbearing grandmother while keeping a big secret of her mother's. Mary also has a big indiscretion hanging over her head—before she left her school in Minnesota, she punched Brent Helzinski in the face and doesn't want to talk about it. Oh, and then there's the cute boy next door who keeps distracting her from her very important wedding duties. It's a lot to handle. While the explanation of why Mary punched Brent in the face, which is hinted at throughout the story, fails to pay off, this would be a serviceable choice for libraries searching for faith-based novels to add to their collections. Catholic traditions and references feature heavily here. VERDICT An additional purchase. Hand this to tween readers who crave sweet and innocent realistic tales.—Carli Worthman, Carmel Middle School, Carmel, IN
Review
"Hand this to tween readers who crave sweet and innocent realistic tales." - School Library Journal
"Wedding-prep comedy balances serious questions of morality in this sweetly perceptive book." - Kirkus
"Is there a Patron Saint for smart, funny, touching narrators?If there is, this book's narrator- Mary Margaret Miller - must have a direct line.Mary is a first-class storyteller with a wonderfuleye for detail, a wicked sense of humor, and a tender and searching heart.I love her, and I love this book."- Sheila Turnage, author of Three Times Lucky
"Is there a Patron Saint for reading? I hope so because this book is SWEET, FUNNY AND CHOKE FULL OF GOODNESS." - Lisa Greenwald, author of My Life in Pink and Green
"Mary's take on the stressful situations and dynamic cast of characters makes for an energetic, absorbing read as she sorts through her religious and social conflicts, which most recently include a cute boy named Nick who challenges her views on her Catholicism. Her voice is funny without being hyperbolic; instead, she is ordinary, observant, and realistically plagued by an overburdened sense of responsibility to keep everyone happy, which makes her relatable to many tweens. Readers looking for a lighthearted summer read about faith, family, and figuring out who you are in the midst of a lot of noise will enjoy this." - Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books.
From the Author
"Shelley Tougas writes such believable kids, it's impressive and yet, because she' so great at it, I think it's an overlooked skill. The most highly skilled people make the hard work look easy." -- Caroline Bookbinder, cseditorial blog
About the Author
Shelley Tougas is an award-winning writer of nonfiction for children, including Little Rock Girl 1957, and the author of the novels The Graham Cracker Plot and Finders Keepers (starred review). She lives near the Twin Cities.
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