The Gift-Giver

by Joyce Hansen

Overview

The year she is in fifth grade, Doris meets a special friend in her Bronx neighborhood.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780618611232
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	10/17/2005
Series:	163rd Street Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.12(w) x 7.62(h) x 0.37(d)
Lexile:	490L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 12 Years

About the Author

Joyce Hansen, a former New York City schoolteacher, is a well-known author of both fiction and nonfiction and a four-time Coretta Scott King Honor recipient. Born and raised in the Bronx, Ms. Hansen now lives in West Columbia, South Carolina.

Editorial Reviews

"Told in a black idiom and special to the circumstances, this puts universal feelings in a fresh perspective." — Kirkus Reviews

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