false <![CDATA[Brooklyn Bridge]]> 3041813 3 Karen Hesse has achieved many honors for her more than twenty books over the course of her award-winning career: the Newbery Medal, the Scott ODell Historical Fiction Award, the MacArthur Fellowship Genius Award, and the Christopher Medal. Her novels burn with intensity, and keenly felt, deeply researched, and are memorable for their imagination and intelligence.So it is with great pride and excitement that we present Karen Hesses first novel in over five years: Its the summer of 1903 in Brooklyn and all fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom wants is to experience the thrill, the grandeur, and the electricity of the new amusement park at Coney Island. But that doesnt seem likely. Ever since his parents Russian immigrants invented the stuffed Teddy Bear five months ago, Josephs life has turned upside down. No longer do the Michtoms gather family and friends around the kitchen table to talk. No longer is Joseph at leisure to play stickball with the guys. Now, Joseph works. And complains. And falls in love. And argues with Mama and Papa. And falls out of love. And hopes. Joseph hopes he'll see Coney Island soon. He hopes that everything will turn right-side up again. He hopes his luck hasn't run outbecause you never know. Through all the warmth, the sadness, the frustration, and the laughter of one big, colorful family, Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse builds a stunning story of the lucky, the unlucky, and those in between, and reminds us that our lives all our lives are fragile, precious, and connected. 3072443 book 2 9 2008 Brooklyn Bridge total:176|5:23|4:62|3:62|2:17|1:12| 176 595 288 82 5 3 false true Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 08:36:15 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 18:59:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 16:11:13 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 16:31:15 -0800 2009 Brooklyn Bridge.

The setting of turn-of-the-century Brooklyn is vividly brought to life in the reader's imagination through 14-year old Joseph's first-person narration, excerpts de...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 08:22:04 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 08:22:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 09:48:53 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 10:00:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 13:23:01 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 13:34:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Jan 03 06:20:36 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 06:29:25 -0800 2009
First of all, there is too much here I've read before. There's the gruff relative with a secret heart of gold doing good works--that's Uncle Chr...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 09:03:48 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 09:46:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 07:20:34 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 07:27:20 -0700 2009
Yet, when one is good, it is very very good and that's what I got from this book. The main narrative, of Joseph, whose father invents the "teddy bear" (and I was WAAY into this story before I realized that I ac...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 05:23:57 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 19:11:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 04:38:24 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 04:52:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 17:51:59 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 18:25:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 05 08:26:12 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 08:41:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 15:09:53 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 12:13:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 01 09:04:13 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 16 20:44:42 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 18:26:05 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 18:31:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 20:28:27 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 19:00:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 02 17:34:19 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 17:39:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 17:49:22 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 12:10:46 -0700 2009 The Jungle! The book is realistic in many parts, I believe, and I think it would be a great addition to a fourth or fifth grade social ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 12:01:50 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 20:31:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 09 11:56:39 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 13 11:05:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3041813