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EAN: 9780006726159 ISBN: 0006726151 Label: Young Lions Manufacturer: Young Lions Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 80 Publication Date: August 28, 1986 Publisher: Young Lions Studio: Young Lions Editorial Review: Product Description: Held back for a year in second grade, Richard can't seem to help getting into trouble, until he gets really interested in reading and helps his class in a special way. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Beast in Ms. Rooney's RoomI thought this book was excellent because in the end Beast did his best! In the beginning, Beast was not paying attention. Beast was a left-back. I really liked when Beast helped his class to win the banner. Rating:  - A beast of a bookReilly has a well-formed beginning and middle, but the end feels rushed and incomplete. So many different characters are introduced that there is little time to see them develop. The illustrations nicely complement the story and may help those with struggling imaginations or who read so slowly that they forget the story. The illustrations are spread through the text very well - it is never more than two or three pages before the next one. This means young readers will be turning pages more often ... Read More Rating: - Book #1--good basis for the Polk Street SeriesGiff set this series off to a good start with this book 1. I read it when I was 9. It came in the mail from Weekly Reader Books (my dad sent away for those for me!) Every month I got books in the mail and this was one of them. At the time I didn't know it was a series, though. A year after reading this book I could feel for Richard "Beast" when I, too, was left back (it was for circumstances beyond my control, but still!) In this book, Beast struggles to survive and fit in, suffers ... Read More |
