Луис Сашар4.4 Бредли Чокерс сидит в последнем ряду, на самой последней парте. Он уверен, что ему никто не нужен и сам он никому не нужен: одноклассники с ним не дружат и даже не разговаривают. Их можно понять: не так-то хочется дружить с тем, кто постоянно врёт и грубит.
Но однажды в классе появляется новенький, и он хочет познакомиться с Бредли поближе. В это же время в школу приходит психолог - жизнерадостная Карла. Она умеет подбирать ключики даже к таким замкнутым чудакам, как Бредли... А когда к человеку подбираешь ключик, то оказывается что внутри у него - особенный мир, в котором есть и удивительные истории об игрушечных животных, и забавные шутки, и вселенная с воображаемыми планетами и одиноким зеленым монстром - монстром, которым Бредли считал сам себя, пока не изменился.
Патриция МакЛахлан0.0 Facts and fictions are different truths. Minna Pratt stares at this message above her mother's typewriter every day and tries to understand it. But how can she, when her mind is already so full? She wishes her mother would ask her normal questions like "How was your day?" instead of "What is the quality of beauty?" She wishes her brother, McGrew, could catch a baseball. She wishes she had a vibrato and could play Mozart on her cello the way he deserves to be played.
Then she meets Lucas Ellerby. Minna thinks Lucas has the perfect life. His home runs smoothly and evenly. Dinner conversation is full of facts, and everyone always has matching socks to wear. So why is he so intrigued by her family?
Minna doesn't know, but as her friendship with Lucas grows, she discovers some important truths about herself and her family.
In Patricia MacLachlan's hope-filled coming-of-age story Minna learns to value her family because of their eccentricities, and to value herself because of her own.
Джейн Лесли Конли0.0 ‘Racso, a brash and boastful little rodent, is making his way to Thorn Valley, determined to learn how to read and write and become a hero. His bragging and lies get him off to a bad start, but a crisis gives him the opportunity to prove his mettle. A worthy successor [to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, a Newbery Medal winner by the author's father].' 'BL. 1986 Children's Editors' Choices (BL)
Children's Choices for 1987 (IRA/CBC)
Notable 1986 Childrens' Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
1986 Children's Books (NY Public Library)
Best Science Fiction/Fantasy 1986 (VOYA)
