The Pinballs (New Windmills KS3) - Hardcover

Byars, Ms Betsy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0435123823 ISBN 13: 9780435123826

Publisher: Heinemann, 1992

Synopsis

One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools. When Carlie, Harvey and Thomas J. arrive in the same foster-home, it seems they will never get on well together. Carlie has been suspicious of people since she was born, but in the end she changes her mind when she learns she can help people.

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From the Back Cover:

You can't always decide where life will take you--especially when you're a kid.

Carlie knows she's got no say in what happens to her. Stuck in a foster home with two other kids, Harvey and Thomas J, she's just a pinball being bounced from bumper to bumper. As soon as you get settled, somebody puts another coin in the machine and off you go again. But against her will and her better judgment, Carlie and the boys become friends. And all three of them start to see that they can take control of their own Iives.

Carlie knows she's got no say in what happens to her. Stuck in a foster home with two other kids, Harvey and Thomas J, she's just a pinball being bounced from bumper to bumper. As soon as you get settled, somebody puts another coin in the machine and off you go again. But against her will and her beter judgement, Carlie and the boys become friends. And all three of them start to see that they can take control of their own lives.

About the Author:

Betsy Byars is a widely read and loved author of many award-winning middle-grade books for children, including Summer Of The Swans (Viking), a 1971 Newbery Medal winner. The Pinballs was an ALA Notable Children's Book in 1977 as well as the basis for an ABC Afterschool Special. Other books she has written for HarperCollins are Good-bye, Chicken Little; The Seven Treasure Hunts, illustrated by Jennifer Barrett; and three I Can Read Books, the popular The Golly Sisters Go West, Hooray For The Golly Sisters!, and The Golly Sisters Ride Again, all illustrated by Sue Truesdell. Ms. Byars lives in Clemson, South Carolina, with her husband.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0435123823
• ISBN 13: 9780435123826
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128