Betsy Byars

The Pinballs

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Produktbeschreibung

You can't always decide where life will take you--especially when you're a kid. Carlie knows she's got no say in what happens to her. Stuck in a foster home with two other kids, Harvey and Thomas J, she's just a pinball being bounced from bumper to bumper. As soon as you get settled, somebody puts another coin in the machine and off you go again. But against her will and her better judgment, Carlie and the boys become friends. And all three of them start to see that they can take control of their own Iives. Carlie knows she's got no say in what happens to her. Stuck in a foster home with two other kids, Harvey and Thomas J, she's just a pinball being bounced from bumper to bumper. As soon as you get settled, somebody puts another coin in the machine and off you go again. But against her will and her beter judgement, Carlie and the boys become friends. And all three of them start to see that they can take control of their own lives.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 193mm x 131mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 86g
• ISBN-13: 9780064401982
• ISBN-10: 0064401987
• Artikelnr.: 21647411

Autorenporträt

Betsy Byars is the author of many award-winning books for children, including The Summer of the Swans, a Newbery Medal winner. The Pinballs was an ALA Notable Book. She is also the author of Goodbye, Chicken Little ; The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish; and the popular Golly Sisters trilogy.