Barn Boot Blues (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780761458272)

Meet Taylor McNamara: She's twelve. She's a city girl. But her parents have just moved her to a sheep farm in the middle of nowhere. Meet the farm animals: forty chickens, twenty sheep, ten ducks, and four goats, one of which can pee on his own head. Meet the principal and kids in Taylor's new school: Kids tease her about her ugly barn boots and the chicken poop in her hair, yet they admire her pluck. Taylor struggles to adapt to her new life, but finds it hard to adjust to the farm's daily surprises, especially those that prove to be embarrassing at school. With the help of her friend Megan, Taylor embarks on a nearly disastrous plan to move her family back to the city. But one lonely night, in the barn, Taylor discovers that farming isn't all bad.

Author: Catherine Friend
ISBN-10: 0761458271
ISBN-13: 9780761458272
Publisher: Two Lions
Language: English
Published: 01/06/2012
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 147351 / Barn Boot Blues

Award: Mark Twain Readers Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2011
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2011 pg. 100
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2011
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 69 - Superior,Well Above Average
School Library Journal 12/01/2011