Porch Lies
Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and Other Wily Characters
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2006]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xii, 146 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor-winning anthology The Dark Thirty is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm.
From the author's note that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch... to the captivating introductions to each tale, in which the storyteller introduces himself and sets the stage for what follows... to the ten entertaining tales themselves, here is a worthy successor to McKissack's The Dark Thirty . In " The Best Lie Ever Told ," meet Dooley Hunter, a trickster who spins an enormous whopper at the State Liar's contest. In " Aunt Gran and the Outlaws," watch a little old lady slickster outsmart Frank and Jesse James. And in " Cake Norris Lives On," come face to face with a man some folks believe may have died up to twenty-seven different times!
From the author's note that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch... to the captivating introductions to each tale, in which the storyteller introduces himself and sets the stage for what follows... to the ten entertaining tales themselves, here is a worthy successor to McKissack's The Dark Thirty . In " The Best Lie Ever Told ," meet Dooley Hunter, a trickster who spins an enormous whopper at the State Liar's contest. In " Aunt Gran and the Outlaws," watch a little old lady slickster outsmart Frank and Jesse James. And in " Cake Norris Lives On," come face to face with a man some folks believe may have died up to twenty-seven different times!
Contents:
When Pete Bruce came to town -- Change -- The devil's guitar -- Aunt Gran and the outlaws -- By the weight of a feather -- A grave situation -- The best lie ever told -- The earth bone and the King of the Ghosts -- Cake Norris lives on.
Subjects:
Children's stories, American.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Short stories -- Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories, American.
African Americans -- Juvenile fiction.
Short stories -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 790L
ISBN:
0375836195 (trade)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C McKissack | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C McKissack | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C McKissack | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C McKissack | St. Andrews Indoors | Children's Fiction | In |
C McKissack | Southeast | Children's Fiction | In |