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The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street
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Colin Bootman (illustrator) and
Sharon Flake
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Hyperion
Publication date
May 1, 2007
Pages
132
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9781423100324
ISBN-10
1423100328
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.62 lbs.
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$15.99
Other format details
juvenile
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Ten-year-old Queen, a spoiled and conceited African American girl who is disliked by most of her classmates, learns a lesson about friendship from an unlikely 'knight in shining armor.' 50,000 first printing.
I am a queen. I live in a castle, right across the street from the John Howard Housing Projects. Every day right after school I run to my bedroom window and open it wide--even in the middle of winter when the wind blows wet snow up my nose.  I watch for my knight in shining armor. He's ten years old, like me, and rides a bike--a two-wheeler with rusty spokes and torn-up seat.
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So begins Sharon Flake's highly-anticipated new novel--a moving story of an unlikely friendship.
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Queen is a royal pain in the neck! Her Highness treats everyone like her loyal subjects: her classmates, her teacher, even her parents! That's why all the kids hate her and it's hard for her to make friends. To make matters worse, Queen known she is bright. Her teacher thinks she's a spoiled know-it-all, and that keeps her in hot water as well.
When a new kid comes to Queen's school riding a broken bike and wearing run-over shoes, he immediately becomes the butt of everyone's jokes. Her parents insist she be nice to Leroy, since history has never been kind to queens who forget how to be humble. But Leroy isn't just smelly, Queen thinks that he tells fibsâwhoppers in factâand when he says he's an African prince from Senegal, sparks fly between him and Queen. There's only room for one blue-blooded family on 33rd Street, and Queen is determined to prove Leroy is an impostor.
What Queen ultimately discovers about Leroy makes her wonder what "happily ever after" really means. If a broken-bike boy is truly Queenâs knight in shining armor, can he save her from herself, by teaching her how to be a good friend?
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from Hyperion (May 1, 2007)
9781423100324 | details & prices | 132 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 3-4 | 0.62 lbs | List price $15.99
About: Ten-year-old Queen, a spoiled and conceited African American girl who is disliked by most of her classmates, learns a lesson about friendship from an unlikely 'knight in shining armor.
About: Ten-year-old Queen, a spoiled and conceited African American girl who is disliked by most of her classmates, learns a lesson about friendship from an unlikely 'knight in shining armor.
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