Twelve-year-old Natalie Nelson has written a powerful school story. It's a short novel called "The Cheater," and her best friend Zoe is certain it should be published. All Natalie has to do is give the manuscript to her mom, an editor at a big publishing house. However Natalie doesn't want any favors from her mom. Still, Zoe won't drop the idea.
Spurred into action, Natalie invents a pen name for herself and Zoe becomes a self-styled literary agent. But if the girls are to succeed, they'll need support from their wary English teacher, legal advice from Zoe's tough-talking father, and some clever maneuvering to outwit the overbearing editor in chief of Shipley Junior Books.
Andrew Clements, the best-selling author of Frindle, The Landry News, and The Janitor's Boy, delights his audience with this story of two irrepressible girls who use their talent, ingenuity, and a little cunning to try to make a young writer's dream come true.
Book Magazine
Twelve-year-old Natalie Nelson has written a novel set at a school. Her best friend, Zoe, loves it and is convinced it should be published. Although Natalie's mother is a children's-book editor, Natalie hesitates to show her the manuscript. Zoe convinces Natalie to submit the novel to her mother under a pen name. When Mrs. Nelson shows an interest in publishing the work, Zoe, posing on the phone as an agent, drives a hard bargainbut Natalie starts to worry about the consequences of deceiving her mother. <%END%>
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
- Family Life
- Values
- Fiction
- Values
- Family Life
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Author : Clements, Andrew
Language : English
Edition : Reprint
Published :2003-02-06
Number Of Pages : 224
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0689851863
ISBN-13 : 9780689851865
Item weight : 0.35 lb
Dimensions : 0.63 in x 4.88 in x 7.72 in
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