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My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
By Polacco, Patricia
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-67172-751-2
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1994.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1994
PreS-Gr 3 Featuring an obnoxious, freckle-faced, bespectacled boy and a comforting, tale-telling grandmother, this autobiographical story is as satisfying as a warm slice of apple pie. Patricia can't quite understand how anyone could possibly like her older brother Richard. Whether picking blackberries or eating raw rhubarb, he always manages to outdo her, rubbing it in with one of his "extra-rotten, weasel-eyed, greeny-toothed grins." When their Bubbie teaches Patricia to wish on a falling star, she knows just what to ask for. The next day her wish...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
