Things Seen from Above by Shelley Pearsall

Things Seen from Above by Shelley Pearsall

A shift in perspective can change everything.

This brilliant novel from the author of The Seventh Most Important Thing celebrates kids who see the world a little differently.

April is looking for an escape from the sixth-grade lunch hour, which has become a social-scene nightmare, so she signs up to be a "buddy bench monitor" for the fourth graders' recess.

Joey Byrd is a boy on the fringes, who wanders the playground alone, dragging his foot through the dirt. But over time, April realizes that Joey isn't just making random circles. When you look at his designs from above, a story emerges... Joey's "bird's eye" drawings reveal what he observes and thinks about every day.

Told in alternating viewpoints--April's in text and Joey's mostly in art--the story gives the "whole picture" of what happens as these two outsiders find their rightful places.

SHELLEY PEARSALL, a former teacher and museum historian, is now a full-time novelist. Trouble Don't Last, her debut novel, won the Scott O'Dell Prize for Historical Fiction. The Seventh Most Important Thing, her most recent book, received three starred reviews and was awarded an ALA Notable Book. Visit ShelleyPearsall.com to learn more about the author and her work.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781524717421
ISBN 10	1524717428
Title	Things Seen from Above
Author	Shelley Pearsall
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2021-02-09
Number of pages	272
Prizes	Short-listed for Ohioana Book Award - About Ohio or an Ohioan 2021, Nominated for Colorado Children's Book Award 2024, Nominated for Kentucky Bluegrass Master List 2021, Nominated for Kentucky Bluegrass Master List., Nominated for Lectio Book Award., Nominated for Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fischer Book Master List 2021, Nominated for Virginia Young Readers Program Master List 2021
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