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Julia Gillian (and The Art Of Knowing) Hardcover – June 1, 2008
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Ten-year-old Julia Gillian knows everything about her quirky neighbors, her Minneapolis neighborhood, even the inscrutable "claw machine" in the back of the corner hardware store. The one thing Julia Gillian doesn't know is how the book she's reading is going to end. It doesn't seem as if it's going to have a happy ending, and that scares her. But Julia learns a little something about fear: sometimes you just have to work through it. And though bad things do happen sometimes, having good friends and family around you makes life a bit less scary - and much more fun.
- Reading age8 - 12 years
- Print length288 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level3 - 7
- Lexile measure810L
- Dimensions5.75 x 1 x 7.75 inches
- PublisherScholastic Press
- Publication dateJune 1, 2008
- ISBN-100545033489
- ISBN-13978-0545033480
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About the Author
Drazen Kojzan is the illustrator of several books for children, including Diary of a Fairy Godmother by Esmé Raji Codell, and How to Tame a Bully by Nancy Wilcox Richards. He lives in Ontario, Canada with his family. You can visit him at www.drazenkozjan.com.
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- Publisher : Scholastic Press; First Edition (June 1, 2008)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0545033489
- ISBN-13 : 978-0545033480
- Reading age : 8 - 12 years
- Lexile measure : 810L
- Grade level : 3 - 7
- Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.75 x 1 x 7.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,330,382 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3,952 in Children’s Books about Libraries & Reading
- #18,044 in Children's Dog Books (Books)
- #22,459 in Children's Books on Emotions & Feelings (Books)
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Alison McGhee is a New York Times bestselling writers of books for all ages in all forms, including Telephone of the Tree, What I Leave Behind, Shadow Baby, and the international bestseller Someday. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in Minneapolis but loves to travel and can often be found on the road. She teaches creative writing online and you can find her at alisonmcghee dot com and @ alisonmcgheewriter.
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2012I read this book with my granddaughter. She loves dogs and really enjoyed reading the book.
Alison Mcghee lets children know their will be good time and sad time if you own a pet and it is ok to have feelings about them.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2017Fun book for kids .. Love the Saint Bernard and love that they are in our hometown.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2018Love this series. Lots of difficult subjects for kids handled compassionately and with understanding. Julia Gillian is an easy character to relate to.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2012I have a 9 year old daughter and she just loved this book.
She did not put it down till she was done.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2009Before I buy a book for our school library, I (or one of my reviewers) read it first to make sure it is suitable material for our school. My reviewer read this book, and to the question, "Do you think this book should be put in our library?" she responded with "No, the story doesn't have a meaningful theme to it." Now, I love to read, and always find good things in books, so I didn't trust her answer, so I read the book myself. But I just couldn't get into it! It was weird, didn't go anywhere, and definitely not worth the effort putting it into our library. I do like the bigger print and well-spaced pages. But I just remember a jumble of meerkats and masks and Bigfoot and Enzo and the green book and the art of knowing. I only skimmed the last half of it.
- Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2022This book has held the attention of my daughter with autism for years. It is her absolute favorite. I think she can identify with the main character’s desire to control her environment and her fear of change. The concrete descriptions of everyday life and emotions are compelling and I love the story as well. My daughter is also blind so the version on cd has been purchased many times over the years. I feel like these characters are part of our everyday lives. Wish I could get in touch with the author and get a signed copy.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2009Julia Gillian is quite accomplished for a nine-year-old. Thus far she's mastered the art of making papier-mâché masks, spreading her gum evenly across her teeth, and knowing exactly what her dog, Bigfoot, is saying even though he doesn't speak "human."
Though she hasn't yet conquered the claw machine at Bryant Hardware by grabbing the stuffed meerkat, Julia keeps her skills sharp every Friday and Sunday afternoon during her walks around the neighborhood with Bigfoot.
By far and away though, Julia Gillian's greatest skill is the art of knowing. For instance: she knows what her mother's making for breakfast before entering the kitchen, she knows the newspaper is full of nothing but bad news, and thirty-six pages into her new green book from Quinn Booksellers, she *knows* the story isn't going to end well.
Set in Minneapolis, JULIA GILLIAN (AND THE ART OF KNOWING) is a down-to-earth story featuring a precocious young girl's struggle figuring out how to deal with the unsettling realities life (sometimes) presents.
A few people might object to Julia's lack of summertime playmates, especially living in a large city; having grown up an only child, though, I can attest to the challenges of ferreting out peers.
Alison McGhee gives children an intelligent and determined central character dealing with relatable problems in an honest, straightforward narrative. I'm definitely setting this one aside to pass on to my nieces.
Reviewed by: Cat
- Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2009Ordered this for my Granddaughter who is in first grade but is reading on a third grade level. She loved it because it is a chapter book and very interesting. That's big time to young readers!