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The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room - (Kids of the Polk Street School (Paperback)) by Patricia Reilly Giff (Paperback)

The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room - (Kids of the Polk Street School (Paperback)) by  Patricia Reilly Giff (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Richard "Beast" Best gets help with his reading and may even be able to help the second grade win a reading prize.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>It's September again.What does it mean for Richard " Beast" Best to be left back? It means being teased by his old friends while he's stuck facing the same old teacher in the same old classroom. He even has to take a special reading class with " babies" like Emily Arrow and Matthew Jackson. And just like last year, he can't help getting into trouble.But with the help of Mrs. Paris, the reading teacher, Beast starts to enjoy reading and just might find a way to help the second grade win the school banner for best class.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Patricia Reilly</b> <b>Giff </b>has recieved the Newbery Honor for <i>Pictures of Hollis Woods</i> and<i> Lily's Crossing</i>, which is also a <i>Boston Globe-Horn Book </i>Honor Book. <i>Nory Ryan's Song</i> was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Notable Book. <p/><b>Blanche Sims</b> is a children's book illustrator, born in Cleveland, Ohio. She has illustrated dozens of books, as well as the television film <i>Beyond the Butterfly</i>, which won a Parents' Choice Foundation commendation for television in 2000.

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