 When all the adults at the dig are too big to explore an underground cave, little Jodie steps up to the task and proves to be brave, nimble, and strong -- just like the heroes of the Hanukkah story. First review is in! |
FREEFALL by Anna Levine FREEFALL (publishers Greenwillow/HarperCollins) Coming september 2008 She could get a cushy assignment—maybe pushing paper somewhere—or she could just take her chances. Only, Aggie isn’t like that. Despite her small size and the fact that she needs to gain weight to even make the grade, and despite the total disbelief of her entire family Aggie is trying out for an elite combat unit. Luckily for Aggie her back-breaking, sand-in-mouth, completely-lost-in-the-desert training produces an unlikely dividend: friends. The kind she never imagined she could have. The kind you’d go to war with—and for. And what the reviewers are saying: “Levine…writes with immediate, vivid detail…in this stirring…first-person present-tense narrative about cosmetics and kissing, as well as courage and conflict.” -- Booklist of the American Library Assn |
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