Pub Date: April 12, 2016
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0650
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 06 to 08
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 7.60" L x 5.00" W ( 0.30 lbs) 176 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | African American and Black | General | Social Themes | Friendship | Family | Siblings
Series: EllRay Jakes
Description: Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes, the shortest kid in class and still chosen last at recess, hones his basketball skills with Mr. Havens and earns the respect of his third-grade classmates.
Review Quotes: PRAISE FOR THE ELLRAY JAKES SERIES:
"Warner is a dead-on observer of playground politics, and has a great ear for dialogue." --School Library Journal on EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken! "...ideal for reluctant readers." --Booklist on EllRay Jakes Is Not a Chicken! "Young readers can identify with EllRay, who is neither a bad seed nor a goody-two-shoes; he and his sense of humor are just right." --Kirkus on EllRay Jakes Is a Rock Star! "The EllRay Jakes stories are just right for his real-life peers."--Kirkus on EllRay Jakes Walks the Plank