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list price: $16.95
edition:Hardcover
also available: Paperback eBook Audiobook
category: Children's Fiction
published: Mar 2007
ISBN:9781551436883
publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Finding Elmo

by Monique Polak

tagged: birds, mysteries & detective stories
Description

Fifteen-year-old Tim loves his job at his dad's pet store, partly because he gets to spend time with his best friend, a black cockatoo named Elmo. But things at work have been tense since the store moved to a larger, more expensive location. To make extra money his father rents out the store's exotic birds for parties and Tim is furious at this exploitation of his friend. When Elmo is stolen from one of the parties, the police are unconcerned about the theft. Tim and his new human friend, Sapna, set out to find Elmo and discover that Elmo is more valuable than they'd ever imagined.

About the Author

Monique Polak is the author of more than 30 books for young readers and the three-time winner of the Quebec Writers’ Federation Janet Savage Blachford Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature (formerly called the QWF Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature). Monique is an active freelance journalist whose stories appear across the country. She recently retired after a long and happy career teaching English and humanities at Marianopolis College, and now devotes herself to writing full-time. Monique lives in Montreal.

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
9 to 12
Grade:
4 to 7
Reading age:
9 to 12
Editorial Reviews

"The strongest part...lies in the plot below the surface - the father-son relationship."

— CM Magazine

"The...fast-paced plot is sure to pull even the most reluctant of readers along in its wake."

— Montreal Gazette

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