Sink or Swim

by Betty Miles

An eleven-year-old boy from New York City goes to New Hampshire on a Fresh Air program for two weeks and has many new experiences in a small country town

Genres: Childrens

200 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Betty Miles wrote more than thirty books for children, including easy readers, picture books, non-fiction books and nine novels for pre-adolescent readers. Her book HEY! I’M READING! is the first book about reading, written for new readers and their families.

Miles was an editor of the innovative Bank Street Readers. She has taught kindergarten children, graduate students, and volunteered as a visiting author in fourth grade classrooms at PS 291. Bronx, NY. She spoke and read workshops on reading and writing with children, parents, librarians, and teachers around the country. Betty Miles was a graduate of Antioch College. She taught children’s literature at Bank Street College of Education. Miles died on July 19, 2018 at her home in Shelburne, Vt. She was 90. She is survived by three children, Sara, David, and Ellen Miles (herself a middle grade author), and three grandchildren.

Reviews

[Montana-IFC · Rating 5 out of 5]

School challenge--resolution unreported, 1993

[Wiley R · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has a bad word in it lol.