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    Imogene's Last Stand

    Author Candace Fleming
    Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
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    RH Childrens Books | Dragonfly Books
    On sale Aug 05, 2014 | 40 Pages | 9780385386548
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    Meet Imogene Tripp, a plucky girl with a passion for history. As a baby, her first words were “Four score and seven years ago.” In preschool, she finger-painted a map of the Oregon Trail. So it’s not surprising that when the mayor wants to tear down the long-neglected Liddleville Historical Society to make room for a shoelace factory, Imogene is desperate to convince the town how important its history is. But even though she rides through the streets in her Paul Revere costume shouting, “The bulldozers are coming, the bulldozers are coming!” the townspeople won’t budge. What’s a history-loving kid to do?

    Filled with quotes from history’s biggest players—not to mention mini-bios—and lots of humor, this is the perfect book for budding historians.
     
    “This girl-power story succeeds as an energetic—and funny—against-all-odds tale.” —The Horn Book Magazine, Starred
    • WINNER
      Amelia Bloomer List Recommended Title
    • WINNER
      Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices
    • WINNER
      Junior Library Guild Selection
    • WINNER
      New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
    • WINNER | 2010
      Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices
    • NOMINEE
      Indiana Young Hoosier Award
    • NOMINEE
      Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner
    • FINALIST
      Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner
    © Scott Fleming
    Candace Fleming is the prolific and versatile award-winning author of many books for children and young adults. Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and received eight starred reviews. In addition, School Library Journal praised Murder Among Friends, which received four starred reviews, as a "chilling page-turner." The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh received six starred reviews, was a Kirkus, PW, Booklist, and SLJ Best Book of the Year, and was hailed by the Wall Street Journal as a “fascinating chronicle.” The Family Romanov also received six starred reviews, won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was recognized as a Sibert Nonfiction Honor Book. Her many acclaimed picture books include Giant Squid, a Sibert Honor Book. The American Library Association awarded her with the Children's Literature Legacy Award and Margaret A. Edwards Award. View titles by Candace Fleming
    Nancy Carpenter has won the Christopher Award for her picture book illustrations. A graduate of Parsons, she lives in Brooklyn, NY. View titles by Nancy Carpenter

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    Meet Imogene Tripp, a plucky girl with a passion for history. As a baby, her first words were “Four score and seven years ago.” In preschool, she finger-painted a map of the Oregon Trail. So it’s not surprising that when the mayor wants to tear down the long-neglected Liddleville Historical Society to make room for a shoelace factory, Imogene is desperate to convince the town how important its history is. But even though she rides through the streets in her Paul Revere costume shouting, “The bulldozers are coming, the bulldozers are coming!” the townspeople won’t budge. What’s a history-loving kid to do?

    Filled with quotes from history’s biggest players—not to mention mini-bios—and lots of humor, this is the perfect book for budding historians.
     
    “This girl-power story succeeds as an energetic—and funny—against-all-odds tale.” —The Horn Book Magazine, Starred

    Awards

    • WINNER
      Amelia Bloomer List Recommended Title
    • WINNER
      Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices
    • WINNER
      Junior Library Guild Selection
    • WINNER
      New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
    • WINNER | 2010
      Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices
    • NOMINEE
      Indiana Young Hoosier Award
    • NOMINEE
      Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner
    • FINALIST
      Texas Bluebonnet Award Winner

    Author

    © Scott Fleming
    Candace Fleming is the prolific and versatile award-winning author of many books for children and young adults. Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and received eight starred reviews. In addition, School Library Journal praised Murder Among Friends, which received four starred reviews, as a "chilling page-turner." The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh received six starred reviews, was a Kirkus, PW, Booklist, and SLJ Best Book of the Year, and was hailed by the Wall Street Journal as a “fascinating chronicle.” The Family Romanov also received six starred reviews, won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was recognized as a Sibert Nonfiction Honor Book. Her many acclaimed picture books include Giant Squid, a Sibert Honor Book. The American Library Association awarded her with the Children's Literature Legacy Award and Margaret A. Edwards Award. View titles by Candace Fleming
    Nancy Carpenter has won the Christopher Award for her picture book illustrations. A graduate of Parsons, she lives in Brooklyn, NY. View titles by Nancy Carpenter

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