Words with wings / Nikki Grimes.

By:

Grimes, Nikki

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Honesdale, Pa. : Wordsong, an imprint of Highlights, [2013]Edition: 1st edDescription: 84 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9781590789858 (trade)
1590789857

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Novels in verse.

DDC classification:

[Fic] 23

Awards:

Coretta Scott King Award, 2014

Summary: Gabby daydreams to tune out her parents' arguments, but when her parents' divorce, and she begins a new school, daydreaming gets her into trouble. Her mother scolds her for it, her teacher keeps telling her to pay attention, and the other kids tease her. Until she finds a friend who also daydreams and her teacher decides to work a daydreaming-writing session into every school day. With a notebook "thick with daydreams," Gabby grows more confident about herself and her future.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Riverfield Country Day School General Stacks	Ssequoyah 2016 811 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		T0087081

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School Library Journal, November 2013

Booklist starred, September 2013

Publisher's Weekly, August 2013

Kirkus Starred, August 2013

Gabby daydreams to tune out her parents' arguments, but when her parents' divorce, and she begins a new school, daydreaming gets her into trouble. Her mother scolds her for it, her teacher keeps telling her to pay attention, and the other kids tease her. Until she finds a friend who also daydreams and her teacher decides to work a daydreaming-writing session into every school day. With a notebook "thick with daydreams," Gabby grows more confident about herself and her future.