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edition:Paperback
also available: Hardcover eBook
category: Children's Fiction
published: Oct 2008
ISBN:9781554690398
publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Watch Me

by Norah McClintock

tagged: law & crime, values & virtues, self-esteem & self-reliance
Description

At first Kaz intends to help the old lady who's fallen in the park. But then he starts thinking about how he never gets what he wants. The next thing he knows, he's running away with her purse. The purse contains only five dollars and a battered watch. When Kaz learns who the old woman is and where the watch came from, he begins to understand consequences in a new way.

About the Author
Norah McClintock won the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for crime fiction for young people five times. She wrote more than sixty YA novels, including contributions to Seven (the series), the Seven Sequels and the Secrets series.
Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
9 to 12
Grade:
4 to 7
Reading age:
9 to 12
Awards
  • Commended, CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens
Editorial Reviews

"A well-rounded story that includes many issues and emotions to which students can easily relate...The story is one that is very close to the lives of the many members of its reading audience: it is a story of frustration and difference; it is about being fed up and snapping...Highly Recommended."

— CM Magazine

"Highly recommended."

— Tucson Unified School District

"McClintock...delivers another winner for the reluctant teen reader."

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