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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Maurice must beg for change in order to eat, but when Laura stops to help, they begin a years-long friendship that gives each a new perspective and hope. Includes a list of agencies that help children in need and suggested acts of kindness.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
He asked for spare change; she kept walking. But something made her turn around and go back. They met nearly every week for years, and built an unexpected, life-changing friendship that has today spanned almost three decades.
Author
Publisher
Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Childrens Publishing Division, [2015]
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This heartfelt story tells the true but unlikely tale of a young woman working in the city and a young boy in desperate need of friendship and guidance. In the short time after they meet, Laura realizes Maurice has never celebrated Christmas, so she opens her heart and her home and sets out to show him how wondrous the holiday is. What she finds through his glowing eyes is that the meaning of the holiday is truly about giving, not getting, as they...
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