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Karen Hesse and
Fred Berman (narrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Macmillan Young Listeners
Publication date
September 2, 2008
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Unabridged
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9781427205469
ISBN-10
1427205469
Dimensions
0.50 by 5 by 5.50 in.
Weight
0.30 lbs.
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Original list price
$24.95
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audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
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BecauseââThere are other children. The unwanted, the forgotten, the lost ones. They gather under the bridge each night to sit, to talk, to sleep. They know, they know, they know that to everyone beyond the bridge they are invisible. . . .â These are the children who live under the bridge. The Brooklyn Bridge.
Newbery medalist Karen Hesse masterfully entwines Josephâs coming-of-age tale (and that of his big, colorful family) with the heartbreaking stories of the children under the bridge. Riveting historical fiction that is by turns accessible and ornate, very real but with a touch of magical realism. Hesseâs extraordinary new novel is an insightful reminder that a lifeâfragile and preciousâcan change in a moment.
On that day in 1903, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtomâs life changed irrevocably when his parentsâRussian immigrantsâcreated the first teddy bear. No longer did the Michtomâs gather family and friends around the kitchen table to talk. No longer was Joseph at leisure to play stickball with the guys. No longer were Joseph and his book-loving sister free from watching their pesky two-year-old brother. Nowâwhen it was summer vacation and more than anything Joseph wanted to experience the thrill, the grandeur, the electricity of Coney IslandâJoseph worked. And complained. And fell in and out of love. And argued. And hoped that everything would go back to how it used to be. All the while no one let him forget that he was lucky.
BecauseââThere are other children. The unwanted, the forgotten, the lost ones. They gather under the bridge each night to sit, to talk, to sleep. They know, they know, they know that to everyone beyond the bridge they are invisible. . . .â These are the children who live under the bridge. The Brooklyn Bridge.
Newbery medalist Karen Hesse masterfully entwines Josephâs coming-of-age tale (and that of his big, colorful family) with the heartbreaking stories of the children under the bridge. Riveting historical fiction that is by turns accessible and ornate, very real but with a touch of magical realism. Hesseâs extraordinary new novel is an insightful reminder that a lifeâfragile and preciousâcan change in a moment.
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Brooklyn Bridge is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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CD/Spoken Word
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Unabridged edition from Macmillan Young Listeners (September 2, 2008)
9781427205469 | details & prices | 5.00 × 5.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.30 lbs | List price $24.95
About: On that day in 1903, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtomâs life changed irrevocably when his parentsâRussian immigrantsâcreated the first teddy bear.
About: On that day in 1903, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtomâs life changed irrevocably when his parentsâRussian immigrantsâcreated the first teddy bear.
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