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Applegate, Katherine

Crenshaw

243 pp. | Feiwel | September, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-250-04323-8 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-250-08022-6
(1) 4-6 Jackson is the resilient fifth grader in a dreamy, overwhelmed family. When the family faces homelessness, Jackson's former imaginary friend, a giant cat named Crenshaw, makes a reappearance. This warm, occasionally funny novel adds a middle-grade perspective to the literature of imaginary friends and paints a convincing and compassionate portrait of a social class--the working poor--underrepresented in children's books.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2015

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