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8 - 12
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2016-01-01
Page Count
256
Publisher
Farrar Straus and Giroux
Grade Level
4th - 6th
ISBN
9780374302610
Lexile
720
Themes
family life

Gertie's Leap to Greatness

Written by Kate Beasley and Illustrated by Jillian Tamaki
Gertie Reece Foy has a daddy who works on an oil rig, a great-aunt who always finds the lowest prices at the Piggly Wiggly, and two loyal best friends. So when her absent mother decides to move away from their small town, Gertie sets out on her greatest mission yet: becoming the best fifth grader in the universe to show her mother exactly what she'll be leaving behind.
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Age Range
8 - 12
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2016-01-01
Page Count
256
Publisher
Farrar Straus and Giroux
Grade Level
4th - 6th
ISBN
9780374302610
Lexile
720
Themes
family life
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