When Otis Courted Mama (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780152166885)

Apart from sticker burrs and sand fleas, Cardell's life is mostly wonderful. He knows he's loved through and through by his perfectly good mama and his perfectly good daddy. They live in different parts of the desert, but that's okay--Cardell is mostly used to it. Then Otis comes calling, and Cardell feels a grrr form in his throat. Otis can't make jalapeño flapjacks or play Zig-the-Zag anything like Cardell's daddy. And so Cardell waits for Mama to say "Adiós, Otis." But what will happen if she doesn't?

Author: Kathi Appelt
ISBN-10: 0152166882
ISBN-13: 9780152166885
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 01/06/2015
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 10.20w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 171317 / When Otis Courted Mama

Award: Charlotte Zolotow Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2014
Publishers Weekly 11/03/2014
Booklist 11/15/2014 pg. 52
School Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 66
Shelf Awareness 02/17/2015
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 04/01/2015 pg. 387