Queen of the Toilet Bowl
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2005
- Category
- NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Theater, Bullying
- Recommended Age
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 4 to 7
- Recommended Reading age
- 9 to 12
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781551435558
- Publish Date
- Jun 2006
- List Price
- $16.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551433646
- Publish Date
- Mar 2005
- List Price
- $9.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554696925
- Publish Date
- Mar 2005
- List Price
- $7.99
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Description
When Renata is chosen to play the lead role in the school musical, students who used to ignore her start saying hello and congratulating her in the hall.
Renata enjoys her newfound acceptance at school until she realizes that Karin, a wealthy girl who expected to get the lead role, will go to great lengths to punish Renata for her success. Renata is not going to give up the role, but how much tormenting will she have to take?
This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!
About the author
Frieda Wishinsky
est l'auteure de plus de 40 livres pour enfants. Parmi les ouvrages déjà
parus, on peut citer, entre autres,
Ounga Bounga, Tu es méchante Lily-Ange!, Le sac à main de la reine,
Canada en vedette
et les romans de la série Catastrophe! Elle vit à Toronto, en
Ontario.
FRIEDA WISHINSKY has written over seventy books for children, including Oonga Boonga; You're Mean, Lily Jean; the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award winner Please, Louise!; the middle-grade series Survival, and the non-fiction books Explorers Who Made It . . . or died trying; Everything but the Kitchen Sink and Colossal Canada. Frieda lives in Toronto, Ontario with her husband. Visit her online at www.friedawishinsky.com.
Awards
- Commended, Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Our Choice
Excerpt: Queen of the Toilet Bowl (by (author) Frieda Wishinsky)
"Ohmygod! Is that what it said?"
I wondered what they were whispering about. I walked down the hall. Two girls who had been saying hi recently didn't say anything or even look at me. I suddenly felt invisible again.
I knew something was going on but what?
A crowd was milling around the lockers, talking and laughing, but as soon as I showed up, the noise stopped dead.
A few kids coughed. A few others snapped their lockers shut and left. One girl gave me a strange look, as if I had horns growing out of my head.
Editorial Reviews
"The author captures the quicksilver pace of change and delivers an important lesson without making it feel like a preachy moral."
Hip Librarians Book Blog (HLBB)
"A fast, manageable read, along with relevant age-appropriate themes and an absorbing storyline."
Quill & Quire
"A daring, accessible piece of work."
CD Syndicated
"Well-written and authentic...An excellent choice for reluctant readers in middle school."
The Washington State Young Adult Review Group (WASHYARG)
"A great addition to any collection looking for something new to offer its reluctant readers."
KLIATT
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