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Crenshaw


No. of pages 256

Published: 2015

Great for age 9-12 years

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The heart-warming new story about family and friendships from Newbery Medal-winner Katherine Applegate. Life is tough for ten-year-old Jackson. The landlord is often at the door, theres not much food in the fridge and hes worried that any day now the family will have to move out of their home. Again. Crenshaw is a cat. Hes large, hes outspoken and hes imaginary. Hes come back into Jacksons life to help him but is an imaginary friend enough to save this family from losing everything? A heart-warming story about family and friendships from Newbery medal winner Katherine Applegate.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book has been graded for interest at 10 years.

There are 256 pages in this book. This book was published in 2015 by HarperCollins Publishers .

K. A. Applegate is the author of the bestselling Animorphs series, as well as the Remnants and Everworld series, Home of the Brave, and the Roscoe Riley Rules series. She lives in Tiburon, California.

 

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children - Fiction
This book was recognised in the Fiction category by the Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children.

Georgia Children's Book Award
The Georgia Childrens Book Award is a distinguished annual award that recognizes outstanding childrens literature and aims to promote a love of reading among young readers in Georgia. Established in 1985, the award is sponsored by the Georgia Association of Educators and is designed to encourage children to engage with quality literature. Each year, a committee selects a list of nominated books then students in grades K-5 vote for their favourite titles from that nominated list.