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Replay : a new book

While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the ways people change as they grow up. Includes the text for the play "Rumpopo's Porch."

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  • "While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the ways people change as they grow up. Includes the text for the play "Rumpopo's Porch.""@en
  • "Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's inspired novel tells the story of a boy who fantasizes about who he is in order to discover who he will become. Now with fresh and gorgeous new cover art, this touching tale has received many starred reviews, and was called a "warm, funny, philosophical novel" by Kirkus Reviews. With the backdrop of a large family and a theater as its frame, this is a story about twelve-year-old Leo, who has a talent for transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. That's why he's called "fog boy." He's always dreaming, always replaying things in his brain. As an actor in the school play, he is poised and ready for the curtain to open. But in the play that is his life, he is eager to discover what part will be his. With the universal theme of finding one's true identity, and set amid a loud, noisy, memorable family, Leo's story is one that all kids will relate to. And there's a full play at the end of the book that ..."@en
  • "Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's inspired novel tells the story of a boy who fantasizes about who he is in order to discover who he will become. Now with fresh and gorgeous new cover art, this touching tale has received many starred reviews, and was called a "warm, funny, philosophical novel" by Kirkus Reviews. With the backdrop of a large family and a theater as its frame, this is a story about twelve-year-old Leo, who has a talent for transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. That's why he's called "fog boy." He's always dreaming, always replaying things in his brain. As an actor in the school play, he is poised and ready for the curtain to open. But in the play that is his life, he is eager to discover what part will be his. With the universal theme of finding one's true identity, and set amid a loud, noisy, memorable family, Leo's story is one that all kids will relate to. And there's a full play at the end of the book that kids and teachers can perform!"@en
  • "While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the ways people change as they grow up. Includes the text for the play, "Rumpopo's Porch.""@en
  • "Includes Literature Circle questions."@en
  • "Sharon Creech explores the hopes and longings of an introspective middle child from a boisterous Italian clan in this humorous, character-driven novel. Leo's family calls him "Sardine" because the quiet twelve year old often finds himself sandwiched between his more outgoing siblings. One rainy day in the attic, he discovers his father's teenage journal. In it, he reads that his careworn parent used to dream of being a dancer, a writer, a famous athlete, just like Leo! He also discovers a photo of his father's family that includes an unfamiliar girl in the background. Could it be the mysterious Aunt Rosaria no one speaks of? As he tries to untangle this family mystery, he is also preparing for his school play--a tale of an old man whose life is revived by weaving his childhood memories into stories for his neighbors. How can Leo convince his father that, like the old man in the play, he needs to talk about Rosaria to heal the hole she left in his life? Through the parallel dramas of the play and his chaotic home life, Leo begins to understand the importance of stories and our need to share them, whether they are treasured memories or future dreams. Creech includes the full text of the play, Rumpopo's Porch, in the back of the book. Middle grade fans of Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park or The Liberation of Gabriel King by K.L. Going are sure to enjoy this heartfelt, thoughtful read."@en
  • "Eine turbulente Familie: Leo ist 12 Jahre alt, hat eine ältere Schwester und zwei jüngere Brüder, also wirklich mitten in der Geschwisterfolge drin. Doch Leo ist auch ein Träumer im turbulenten Alltag seiner italienischen Familie. Dort geht es oft chaotisch zu, besonders wenn noch die streitsüchtigen Verwandten an manchen Tagen zu Besuch kommen. Manchmal liest er heimlich in seines Vaters Tagebuch, verfasst mit 13, das er auf dem Speicher gefunden hat. Leo nimmt die Gefühlswelt anderer Menschen auf sensible Weise wahr. Er selber scheint manchmal etwas zu kurz zu kommen, was er duch seine übersteigerten Träume auszugleichen sucht. Leo übt für die bevorstehende Schüleraufführung, die den Rahmen der ganzen Geschichte bildet und auch ihn in den Mittelpunkt bringen soll. Auf lebendige Weise bekommen wir einen Ausschnitt aus Leos Leben geschildert. Die Autorin versteht es auch schmerzhaftere Seiten im Leben Leos und seiner Familienmitglieder auf zarte Weise einzuflechten und diesen mit Humor zu begegnen. Eine herzerwärmende Geschichte mit zarten Zwischentönen, ein Buch für Jungen und Mädchen. Ab 10 Jahren, ****, Denise Racine."

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  • "Jugendbuch"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Juvenile works"@en

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  • "Replay : a new book"@en
  • "Leo mittendrin"
  • "Que pugi el teló!"@ca
  • "Que pugi el teló!"
  • "Der Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag präsentiert Leo mittendrin ein neuer Roman"
  • "Leo Mittendrin : ein neuer Roman"
  • "Replay"
  • "Replay"@en

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