The Pick Of The Litter - Hardcover

Wallace, Bill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823419215 ISBN 13: 9780823419210

Publisher: Holiday House, 2005

Synopsis

After ending the sixth-grade on a bad note and almost losing the puppy he has come to love, twelve-year-old Tom turns to writing to a friend who helps him get through his difficult period and gives him the guidance he needs to make the right decisions to get through it all.

About this title

About the Author:

Bill Wallace grew up in Oklahoma. Along with riding their horses, he and his friends enjoyed campouts and fishing trips. Toasting marshmallows, telling ghost stories to scare one another, and catching fish was always fun.
One of the most memorable trips took place on the far side of Lake Lawtonka, at the base of Mt. Scott. He and his best friend, Gary, spent the day shooting shad with bow and arrows, cutting bank poles, and getting ready to go when their dads got home from work.
Although there was no "monster" in Lake Lawtonka, one night there was a "sneak attack" by a rather large catfish tail. Checking the bank poles was not nearly as fun or "free" after that point, but it was the inspiration for this story.
Bill Wallace has won nineteen children's state awards and been awarded the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award for Children's Literature from the Oklahoma Center for the Book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0823419215
• ISBN 13: 9780823419210
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 172