Gertie's leap to greatness
By: Kate Beasley ; with illustrations by Jillian Tamaki
Contributors: Tamaki, Jillian, 1980- ill
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux; Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780374302610
Subjects: Schools; Juvenile fiction; Abandoned children; Mothers
Description: Gertie Reece Foy is 100% Not-From-Concentrate awesome. She has a daddy who works on an oil rig, a great-aunt who always finds the lowest prices at the Piggly Wiggly, and two loyal best friends. So when her absent mother decides to move away from their small town, Gertie sets out on her greatest mission yet: becoming the best fifth grader in the universe to show her mother exactly what she'll be leaving behind.
Notes: 456 Childrens Plus, Inc.