Stars and Sparks on Stage

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Overview

The Black Dinosaurs Have Got The Moves!

Ziggy, Jerome, Rashawn, and Rico are sure they're going to win the $200 first prize in the upcoming school talent show. With their exuberant singing (especially Ziggy's), energetic dancing, and glittery costumes, how can they lose? And they have big plans for using the prize money to fix up their backyard clubhouse.

But then they meet a little girl with a big voice who may have what it takes to beat the Black Dinosaurs -- and who needs the money far more than they do. It's hard to know whom to root for -- how can everyone emerge a winner?

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Overview

The Black Dinosaurs Have Got The Moves!

Ziggy, Jerome, Rashawn, and Rico are sure they're going to win the $200 first prize in the upcoming school talent show. With their exuberant singing (especially Ziggy's), energetic dancing, and glittery costumes, how can they lose? And they have big plans for using the prize money to fix up their backyard clubhouse.

But then they meet a little girl with a big voice who may have what it takes to beat the Black Dinosaurs -- and who needs the money far more than they do. It's hard to know whom to root for -- how can everyone emerge a winner?

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The school which Ziggy, Rico, Jerome, and Rashawn attend is sponsoring a talent show. The prize is $200, which they intend to use to liven up their clubhouse in Ziggy's backyard. They practice their singing and also work out a dance routine to go along with their song, and once they have their glittery costumes, they are confident that they will win. Then, however, they meet Tulip, a new girl at school who has a wonderful voice. During the tryouts she belts out a song, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," that stuns everyone. Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs are no longer confident of their "hands down" win. When they get to know Tulip, they find out that she is homeless and sleeps a car with her mother. She and her mother were displaced by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, so it is obvious that she needs the money more than Ziggy and the gang. Who will emerge as the winner? Is it possible for there to be more than one winner? To further understand segments of this story, the author has included discussion topics for each chapter in the back of the book as well as additional activities which are related to the story.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781442454576
  • Publisher: Aladdin
  • Publication date: 9/4/2012
  • Pages: 144
  • Age range: 8 - 12 Years
  • Series: Clubhouse Mysteries Series , #6

Meet the Author

Sharon Draper

Sharon Draper is a two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author, most recently for Copper Sun, and previously for Forged by Fire. She's also the recipient of the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Author Award for New Talent for Tears of a Tiger and the Coretta Scott King Author Honor for The Battle of Jericho and November Blues. Her other books include Romiette and Julio, Darkness Before Dawn, and Double Dutch. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she taught high school English for twenty-five years. She's a popular conference speaker, addressing educational and literary groups both nationally and internationally. For more information visit her online at www.sharondraper.com.

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