Escape! by Sid Fleischman

Escape! by Sid Fleischman

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Escape! by Sid Fleischman

* Major galley distribution at conferences
* Harperteacher feature
* Institutional advertising (Horn Book, Nov/Dec; SLJ, Sept.; Booklist, Aug. 1)
* Escape! will be featured in the HarperCollins booth at major institutional conferences, including TLA, IRA, ALA, and NCTE
* A finished book will be sent to a list of 550 large school and public library systems and influential librarians and educators for review

Sid Fleischman published over sixty books for kids, adults, and magicians. The Newbery Medal for his novel The Whipping Boy was one of his many honors. In his memoirs The Abracadabra Child, the author recalled his wasted adolescence as a magician and newspaperman. The Performer and the Dybbuk, a fiction, and three biographies, Sir Charlie: Chaplin, The Funniest Man in the World; The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West; and Escape!, are among his other works.

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ISBN 13 9780060850944
ISBN 10 0060850949
Title Escape!
Author Sid Fleischman
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published 2006-08-01
Number of pages 224
Prizes Commended for Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2007, Commended for Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Ten to Fourteen) 2007, Commended for Sydney Taylor Book Award (Older Readers) 2007, Commended for Cybils (Nonfiction-Mid Gr/YA) 2006, Short-listed for Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Grades 6-8) 2010, Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Junior Book) 2008, Short-listed for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2008, Short-listed for Massachusetts Children's Book Award 2008
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