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HarperCollins · Paperback · April 23, 2013
Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's inspired novel tells the story of a boy who fantasizes about who he is in order to discover who he will become.
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- Who it’s for
- A playful, thoughtful story about imagining who you are and discovering who you might become.
- Themes
- Finding one's identity, Imagination, Family life
- Genres
- Theater Stories, Growing Up, Self-Esteem & Resilience
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Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's inspired novel tells the story of a boy who fantasizes about who he is in order to discover who he will become. Now with fresh and gorgeous new cover art, this touching tale has received many starred reviews, and was called a "warm, funny, philosophical novel" by Kirkus.
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With the backdrop of a large family and a theater as its frame, this is a story about twelve-year-old Leo, who has a talent for transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. That's why he's called "fog boy." He's always dreaming, always replaying things in his brain. As an actor in the school play, he is poised and ready for the curtain to open. But in the play that is his life, he is eager to discover what part will be his. With the universal theme of finding one's true identity, and set amid a loud, noisy, memorable family, Leo's story is one that all kids will relate to. And there's a full play at the end of the book that kids and teachers can perform!
Dreams and the Stage
A playful, thoughtful story about imagining who you are and discovering who you might become.
Come here for
- Identity questions with room for humor and wonder
- A boy who makes the ordinary feel extraordinary
Expect
- A loud, memorable family backdrop
- Theater woven through Leo’s life
Where it sits
| Growing Up | 62% |
|---|---|
| Self-Esteem & Resilience | 54% |
| Theater Stories | 51% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Bedtime & Dreams
- Stories About Divorce
- Multigenerational Families
- Sibling Stories
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- Stepfamily Stories
- Girls & Young Women
- Theater Stories
- Growing Up
- Authors
- Sharon Creech
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 23, 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Finding one's identity · Imagination · Family life
- Reading lane
- Bedtime & Dreams