### Review "This book not only portrays loving family relationships, but also shows how to deal with bullies through self-acceptance and an understanding of human nature. Whether readfor entertainment or for beginning a discussion on bullying, this book will find a wide audience." -- _School Librar
Hit the Road, Manny: A Manny Files Novel
โ Scribed by Burch, Christian
- Book ID
- 108911014
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 84 KB
- Series
- Manny Files 2
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781416986027
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โฆ Synopsis
Review
"This book not only portrays loving family relationships, but also shows how to deal with bullies through self-acceptance and an understanding of human nature. Whether readfor entertainment or for beginning a discussion on bullying, this book will find a wide audience." -- School Library Journal
"The story is both warm and funny." -- Booklist
"The Manny Files kicks Mary Poppins to the curb." -- New York Post
"The Manny is an unbelievable mensch, always trying to find ways to amuse them. He puts notes in their lunch boxes. He helps the boy deal with the class bully and advises the girl on her boy problems." -- New York Magazine
About the Author
Christian Burch is a real-life manny, who derived much of his inspiration for this novel from his charges. A resident of Jackson, Wyoming, The Manny Files is his first novel. He shares his birthday with Adam Ant, Evgeni Plushenko, and Anna Wintour.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
**_Cue the pretend drum-roll: Keats's parents have a big surprise. No, they're not having a new baby. It's -- wait for it, wait for it -- a family road trip!_** Okay, so this is not exactly the birthday present Keats had in mind (no iPod?!), but when Dad parks a rented RV in the Dalinger's driveway
**Manny /ma * ne/ _n_ ** A male nanny or babysitter, known to be handsome, fabulous, and a lover of eighties music **"Be interesting."** That's what the manny tells Keats Dalinger the first time he packs Keats's school lunch, but for Keats that's not always the easiest thing to do. Even though
### From School Library Journal Grade 4-6โBe interesting. These words of advice to bashful third-grader Keats Dalinger come from the latest in a long line of nannies in this novel (Atheneum, 2006) by Christian Burch. While Keats, older sister India, and Mirabelle are fairly easy going, their oldest
### From School Library Journal Grade 4-6โBe interesting. These words of advice to bashful third-grader Keats Dalinger come from the latest in a long line of nannies in this novel (Atheneum, 2006) by Christian Burch. While Keats, older sister India, and Mirabelle are fairly easy going, their oldest
When Adam's parents died three years ago, he kept his five younger siblings together, playing parent as best a twenty-one year old could under the circumstances. Now his academic mentor Helena has passed away from cancer, and Adam doesn't know what to do. He's shocked, but grateful when a reading of