Pat Schmatz

Bluefish Pat Schmatz

Marc Notes: Unabridged.; Compact disc.; Duration: 5:00:00.; 0; Performed by Luke Daniels and Kate Rudd.; Everything changes for thirteen-year-old Travis, a new student who's trying to hide his illiteracy, when he meets a sassy classmate with her own secrets and a remarkable teacher.. Review Citations: Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2011 (EAN 9780763656140, Open Ebook) Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2011 pg. 111 (EAN 9780763656140, Open Ebook) Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2012 pg. 136 (EAN 9781455822195, Compact Disc) School Library Journal 03/01/2012 pg. 77 (EAN 9781455822195, Compact Disc) Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2011 (EAN 9780763653347, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2011 (EAN 9780763653347, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2011 pg. 111 (EAN 9780763653347, Hardcover) - *Starred Review School Library Journal 12/01/2011 pg. 129 (EAN 9780763653347, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Shelf Awareness 11/29/2011 (EAN 9780763653347, Hardcover) Wilson Children's Catalog 01/01/2012 pg. 162 (EAN 9780763653347, Hardcover) Wilson Middle/Junior Hi Catalo 01/01/2012 pg. 117 (EAN 9780763653347, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 111 (EAN 9780763653347, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Schmatz, Pat Pat Schmatz is the author of three previous books: Mrs. Estronsky and the U. F. O., Mousetraps, and Circle the Truth, which was named a Bank Street College Best Children s Book of the Year. She was awarded the 2010 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship for Bluefish. About the book, she says, I started with Travis, a loner with a kind heart and an eye for beauty. He loved the woods and swamp and had no desire to move out. But when Velveeta s colorful scarves caught his eye and mine all three of us began a walk through the world of possibility. Pat Schmatz lives in rural Wisconsin. Contributor Bio:  Daniels, Luke Luke Daniels has narrated over 250 audiobooks, has been the grateful recipient of thirteen "AudioFile" Earphones Awards, and has earned three Audie nominations. His work ranges from Kerouac to Updike, Nora Roberts to Ed McBain, Dean Koontz to Philip K. Dick.