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173 pp.
| Random |
January, 2019 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-55759-0$16.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-399-55760-6$19.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-399-55761-3
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4-6
A button war ensues after sixth grader Grace acquires boxes of old buttons and Grace's classmates create a burgeoning button economy. In a scene that's a model of friendship dynamics and of how wars get started, things get ugly when Grace snares a particularly attractive button her bossy best friend wants. Clements knows the appeal of digging into details, and he's not afraid to engage characters in abstract thinking.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2019