The Planet of Junior Brown (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781416914105)

Junior Brown is a musical prodigy losing touch with reality and everyone around him--except for one important friend.

Junior Brown is different than the other kids in his eighth-grade class. For one, he weighs three hundred pounds. He's also a talented musician with a serious future as a professional pianist--if he survives middle school.

With an overbearing mom, disappointed teachers, and fellow students who tease him mercilessly, Junior starts to slip away into his own mind. His last hope may be his only friend, Buddy Clark, a boy in his class without a home or family who has already learned some of life's toughest lessons.

Together, they find refuge and a creative outlet with the sympathetic janitor Mr. Pool, but when their secret cellar room is discovered, will the boys make it through the fallout?

Author: Virginia Hamilton
ISBN-10: 1416914102
ISBN-13: 9781416914105
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2006
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 7.68h x 5.14w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 132 / Planet of Junior Brown

Award: Newbery Medal - Honor Book