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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2013 | Grades 5-up
Gr 4–6—Ellis loves animals; he even senses that he can communicate with them. His unique talent may be the solution to his family's financial woes. When Ellis bonds with a woolly worm he finds on his family's blueberry farm, he decides to enter it in the town's Wooly Worm Festival race and hopes to win the prize money...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2013
Ellis's father has sustained a back injury that requires an operation, but the family can't come up with the deductible to finance it, despite the fact that Ellis's mother is working constantly to make ends meet. He manages a number of chores to help out but occasionally escapes to spend some quiet time in the forest neighboring his Banner Elk, North Carolina,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
