The Junkyard Wonders (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780399250781)

A heartwarming story of friendship and celebrating our differences--and the teachers who help us shine--from master storyteller Patricia Polacco, author of Thank You, Mr. Falker.
In this story based on the author-illustrator's own childhood, Patricia Polacco once again celebrates the power teachers have to help us discover the potential we each hold.

Young Trisha is devastated when she finds out that her class at her new school is known as the junkyard. It is a special class, and she had moved from where she used to live so she wouldn't be in a special class anymore! But then she meets her teacher, the amazing Mrs. Peterson, and her classmates, an oddly brilliant group of misfit kids, whom the other kids in school call the junkyard kids. Much to her own surprise, it is here in the junkyard that Trisha discovers the true meaning of genius, and that this group of misfits are, in fact, Junkyard Wonders, each and every one of them.

Author: Patricia Polacco
ISBN-10: 0399250786
ISBN-13: 9780399250781
Publisher: Philomel Books
Language: English
Published: 07/08/2010
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 11.30h x 8.84w x 0.41d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 140945 / Junkyard Wonders

Award: Rhode Island Children's Book Awards - Nominee
Award: Buckaroo Book Award - Nominee
Award: Nevada Young Readers' Award - Nominee
Award: Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Nominee
Award: William Allen White Childens Book Award - Nominee
Award: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Honor Book
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 42
Booklist 05/01/2010 pg. 86
Publishers Weekly 06/21/2010
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2010
School Library Journal 07/01/2010 pg. 68