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Whittington
Whittington
Author: Alan Armstrong
This is a Teachers Edition of the book. The teachers edition includes the complete novel, educators guide, and an exclusive interview with Alan Armstrong. — This Newbery-Honor winning tale introduces Whittington, a roughneck Tom who arrives one day at a barn full of rescued animals and asks for a place there. He spins for the animals—as well a...  more »
ISBN: 482003
Publication Date: 12/2006
Pages: 205
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Publisher: Yearling
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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I think this is a Middle Grade book, my son brought it home from school. I've never read a book in the Omniscient POV before and not sure I liked it that way. But the story was good, the animals enchanting. My son and I were both in agreement that neither of us liked the way the story ended however. It felt like the author, Alan Armstrong, didn't know how to end it and just made something up in two pages--and that was it. The End. We were both left wondering, "Huh?"

This is the story of a cat named Whittington. He comes from a home and belonged to a boy, but runs away when the boy is sent away for special education. Whittington finds himself at Bernie's barn in the country with a menagerie of other animals: retired sulky horses, a crow-happy rooster, a few banty hens, and a Muscovy duck named Lady.

There are exciting scenes within the animal group, but the story revolves around Bernie's grandson, Ben, who has reading issues. The same as Whittington's first boy. Ben's sister, Abby, and Whittington devise a plan to help Ben learn to read through his dyslexia problem; the cat will tell a tale about another boy named Dick Whittington and his fortune making adventures with his cat, if Ben sticks to his daily lessons in the barn.

And so this book is wound through the after school lessons and adventurous stories. There are many lessons for children to learn in this book, such as school work is hard but not impossible.
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