Something Sweet friendship The Oregon Book Award

The Oregon Book Award

The Boy with a Drum

a Muslim boy who loves cricket faces a year of adjustment and life without his father

A wave of molasses had lifted the Cloughertys’ house right off its foundation and pushed it across Commercial Street toward the elevated train

Something Sweet friendship The Oregon Book AwardSomething Sweet A Sitting Shiva Story By: Lesla Newman Illustrated by: Sarita Rich Sometimes the best thing you can do is listen. Lizzie is determined to cheer up her friend who is mourning the loss of his grandfather. But when Lizzie and her mother arrive at his house for a shiva call, Joshua isnt in the mood for their usual puzzles or magic tricks. He misses his grandfather. As Lizzie participates in the Jewish customs of mourning for the first