{"product_id":"a-boy-named-queen-sara-cassidy-9781773063782","title":"A Boy Named Queen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho will be brave enough to make friends with the boy named Queen? Sara Cassidy's acclaimed novel, \u003cem\u003eA Boy Named Queen\u003c\/em\u003e, is now available in paperback!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvelyn is both aghast and fascinated when a new boy comes to grade five and tells everyone his name is Queen. Queen wears shiny gym shorts and wants to organize a chess\/environment club. His father plays weird loud music and has tattoos.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow will the class react? How will Evelyn?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvelyn is an only child with a strict routine and an even stricter mother. And yet in her quiet way she notices things. She notices the way bullies don't seem to faze Queen. The way he seems to live by his own rules. When it turns out that they take the same route home from school, Evelyn and Queen become friends, even if she finds Queen irritating at times. Why doesn't he just shut up and stop attracting so much attention to himself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYet Queen is the most interesting person she has ever met. So when she receives a last-minute invitation to his birthday party, she knows she must somehow persuade her mother to let her go, even if Queen's world upends everything her mother considers appropriate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3\u003cbr\u003e Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sara Cassidy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1773063782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773063782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Groundwood Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e183231 \/ Boy Named Queen\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sara Cassidy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047526035711,"sku":"9781773063782","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb545ab9-b0ce-4972-9922-b1fd3d0f91d4.jpg?v=1684990716","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-boy-named-queen-sara-cassidy-9781773063782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}