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It's Me, Christy
Christy's "adopted blues" are cured by her truck-driving grandmother's surprising revelations.
- GenresChildrens
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First published January 1, 1977
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Phyllis Green
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January 29, 2015
Let's face it: you're not going to read this book. Probably because you're not going to find this book. The copy I read was discarded from the Brookhaven Junior High School in 1983; the school itself doesn't even exist anymore. That's how obscure this book is.
It's a coming-of-age story, specifically about finding one's own identity when one is adopted. It ain't art. It's got two fun bits in it, though, which I will now transcribe for your reading pleasure.
Page 48, Grandma explaining why she has so much jewelry:
Page 51, Christy and Grandma play Scrabble:
You're welcome.
It's a coming-of-age story, specifically about finding one's own identity when one is adopted. It ain't art. It's got two fun bits in it, though, which I will now transcribe for your reading pleasure.
Page 48, Grandma explaining why she has so much jewelry:
"I know I'm a truck driver. So I'm a gaudy truck driver. So kill me. I love genuine jewelry, Limburger cheese, old books, truck driving, jazz, plumbers, wrestling matches, Chinese food, winning arguments, and comfortable shoes."
Page 51, Christy and Grandma play Scrabble:
Is it too much to believe I lost the game? Gram was a real expert with all kinds of words like zisjch (an itch), yapke (a noisy dog), xip (a pimple), and schryl (a bossy landlord). We never had words like that on the sixth-grade spelling list. I couldn't find them in the dictionary either.
You're welcome.
August 4, 2022
My granddaughter and I loved this book! The story is about an elementary school-aged girl who goes to stay with her "mean Grandma" when she gets kicked out of school.
The relationship between the truck-driving, rough-around-the-edges Grandma is life-changing for the granddaughter.
The Grandma helped her granddaughter deal with the issue of adoption while causing the readers to laugh, cry and come to understand problems related to adoption.
We couldn't put the book down until we read the whole thing in one evening!
A great read!
The relationship between the truck-driving, rough-around-the-edges Grandma is life-changing for the granddaughter.
The Grandma helped her granddaughter deal with the issue of adoption while causing the readers to laugh, cry and come to understand problems related to adoption.
We couldn't put the book down until we read the whole thing in one evening!
A great read!
November 14, 2018
Cute story
March 12, 2023
A very quick read about a girl suspended from school for one week and has to stay with her grandmother.
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