{"product_id":"the-last-fifth-grade-of-emerson-elementary","title":"The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary","description":"An award-winning, big-hearted time capsule of one class’s poems during a transformative school year. A great pick for fans of Margarita Engle and Eileen Spinelli.\n\nEighteen kids,\none year of poems,\none school set to close.\nTwo yellow bulldozers\ncrouched outside,\nready to eat the building\nin one greedy gulp.\n\nBut look out, bulldozers.\nMs. Hill’s fifth-grade class\nhas plans for you.\nThey’re going to speak up\nand work together\nto save their school.\n\nFamilies change and new friendships form as these terrific kids grow up and move on in this whimsical novel-in-verse about finding your voice and making sure others hear it.\n\nHonors and Praise:\n\nWinner of a Cybils Award in Poetry\n\nWinner of an Arnold Adoff Poetry Honor Award for New Voices\n\nAn NCTE Notable Verse Novel\n\nA Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year\n\nAn ILA-CBC Children’s Choice\n\nNominated for the Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award, the Wisconsin State Reading Association Children’s Book Award, the Rhode Island Children’s Book Award, and the Great Stone Face Award (New Hampshire), Lectio Book Award Master List\n\n“This gently evocative study of change in all its glory and terror would make a terrific read-aloud or introduction to a poetry unit. A most impressive debut.” —School Library Journal\n\n“Sure to inspire the poet in all of us, young and old.” —Mark Goldblatt, author of Twerp\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0553521403\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0553521403.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Shovan, Laura\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42676331413565,"sku":"BVV.0553521403.G","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0553521403-0.jpg?v=1761857727","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-last-fifth-grade-of-emerson-elementary","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}