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Barclay, Jane

JoJo the Giant

32 pp. | Tundra | January, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-88776-976-4 $17.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Esperança Melo. A boy who is teased for his small size desperately wants to win a race, the winner of which gets a pair of sneakers. That he wins the race is no surprise; what he does with his prize is. The plot and pacing are faultless--not so the characterizations (the book features cartoon bullies) and the visuals (characters' facial expressions are overdramatized).
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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