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Product Identifiers

PublisherCandlewick Press

ISBN-101536203289

ISBN-139781536203288

eBay Product ID (ePID)242922368

Product Key Features

Book TitleMy Sweet Orange Tree

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

TopicPeople & Places / Caribbean & Latin America, General

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorJose Mauro De Vasconcelos

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight10.8 Oz

Item Length7.4 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

LCCN2018-960536

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromNinth Grade

Dewey Decimal[Fic]

SynopsisFifty years after its first publication, the multimillion-copy international bestseller is available again in English, sharing the heartbreaking tale of a gifted, mischievous, direly misunderstood boy growing up in Rio de Janeiro. When Zez grows up, he wants to be a poet in a bow tie. For now the precocious young boy entertains himself by playing clever pranks on the residents of his Rio de Janeiro neighborhood, stunts for which his parents and siblings punish him severely. Lately, with his father out of work, the beatings have become harsher. Zez 's only solace comes from his time at school, his hours secretly spent singing with a street musician, and the refuge he finds with his precious magical orange tree. When Zez finally makes a real friend, his life begins to change, opening him up to human tenderness but also wrenching sorrow. Never out of print in Brazil since it was first published in 1968, My Sweet Orange Tree, inspired by the author's own childhood, has been translated into many languages and has won the hearts of millions of young readers across the globe., Fifty years after its first publication, the multimillion-copy international bestseller is available again in English, sharing the heartbreaking tale of a gifted, mischievous, direly misunderstood boy growing up in Rio de Janeiro. When Zezé grows up, he wants to be a poet in a bow tie. For now the precocious young boy entertains himself by playing clever pranks on the residents of his Rio de Janeiro neighborhood, stunts for which his parents and siblings punish him severely. Lately, with his father out of work, the beatings have become harsher. Zezé's only solace comes from his time at school, his hours secretly spent singing with a street musician, and the refuge he finds with his precious magical orange tree. When Zezé finally makes a real friend, his life begins to change, opening him up to human tenderness but also wrenching sorrow. Never out of print in Brazil since it was first published in 1968, My Sweet Orange Tree, inspired by the author's own childhood, has been translated into many languages and has won the hearts of millions of young readers across the globe.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.1.V399My 2019