Aladdin Frankie Sparks and the Class Pet (Volume 1)

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Ivy and Bean meets Aliens in my Pocket in this start to a brand-new chapter book series about Frankie Sparks, a third grader who uses her love for science and math to help her solve problems.

When her teacher announces that the class will be getting a pet, rodent lover Frankie Sparks knows exactly what it should be—she just needs to convince everyone else.

Frankie's aunt is a rodentologist, so Frankie has a prime resource to help her determine which rodent would make a good class pet—because of course they will get a rodent.

right? Frankie, who is more adept at math and inventing than at reading and writing, is nevertheless so excited that she does her research right away and is ready to present her arguments for getting a rat before anyone else.

But her teacher insists that she respect the process.

Frankie is disappointed, but things get worse when her best friend, Maya, tells her that she really doesn't want a rodent—in fact, she's scared of them.

When Maya hits a stumbling block in her research, Frankie seizes the opportunity to pressure her into voting for a rat.

With some advice from her mom, Frankie finally gets a grip and realizes that her friendship, complete with differences, is more important than a rat.

As a chapter-book protagonist, Frankie is plegly well-developed, with a full range of emotions, strengths, and weaknesses.

Frankie and her family are depicted as black, and other classmates are realistically diverse, conveyed in both text and Sarell's black-and-white illustrations.

Endnotes explain "problem scoping" and encourage readers to invent.

A pleasantly complex early school story.

Megan Frazer Blakemore is an author for children and young adults.

Her middle grade novels include The Firefly Code , The Daybreak Bond , The Friendship Riddle , The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill , and The Water Castle , the latter of which was named a Kirkus s Best Children’s Book of 2013, a Bank Street College Best Book 2014, a Junior Library Guild Selection, and has been included on numerous state lists.

Her books for young adults are Good and Gone , Secrets of Truth &amp

Beauty , and Very in Pieces , which was a Junior Library Guild selection.

A school librarian, Megan has a BA from Columbia University, and an MLS from Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science.

Megan is currently pursuing her doctorate in library science.

She lives in Maine with her husband, two children, two cats, a leopard gecko, and (sometimes) a hive of bees.

Nadja Sarell is an illustrator living in Helsinki, Finland.

She graduated with MA in dance from Theatre Academy Helsinki and graduated from North Wales School of Art and Design with BA in illustration for children’s publishing in 2004. Since then she has worked as a freelance illustrator in Finland and abroad.

She loves to teach art, illustration, and dance for both children and adults.

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• Barcode No: 9781534430433
• Origin: FI