Author: Mary Bartek
Publisher: VHPS (HOLT & ST MARTINS), Jun 2009
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 0-312-56124-5
Synopsis
Where do you fit in when you're oversized, underappreciated, & faced with a name like Stanislawski? In this thoughtful, funny novel, Brad (with a little help from his grandfather) is about to find out for himself. 5x8 inches, 160 pgs.
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I start up the street toward my grandfather's house. Just how weird is it that I, Brad Stanislawski, am walking toward a funeral home of my own free will?
Where do you fit in when you're oversized, underappreciated, and faced with a name like Stanislawski?
Brad Stanislawski is looking forward to summer vacation, if only to get away from the classmates who make fun of his size (it's not his fault he's so tall) and his last name (Stan-is-lousy being their moniker of choice). So when Brad's mother announces that she's taking a summer vacation by herself and sending Brad across the country to stay with his estranged grandfather-who happens to be an undertaker-Brad thinks life couldn't possibly get any worse. Still, as Brad ought to know, first impressions can be deceiving, and a name can hold a lot more than embarrassment.
What exactly does it mean to be Brad Stanislawski? In this thoughtful, funny first novel, Brad (with a little help from his grandfather) is about to find out for himself.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Mary Bartek is a teacher for the "gifted and talented," as well as a school librarian and an award-winning journalist. Ms. Bartek lives in Centennial, Colorado, with her family. This is her first novel for young readers.
