The Broccoli Tapes
by Jan Slepian
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During a stay of several months in Hawaii with her family, Sara reports her experiences by tape back to her sixthgrade class in Boston, detailing her "adoption" of a wild cat, a friendship with a troubled Hawaiian boy, and the death of a beloved grandmother.Tags
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Sara is sending tapes to her class back in Boston while her family is spending a few months in Hawaii. Sara tells of her, and her brother's, rescue of a wild cat. During this time their grandmother is dying, but their parents are avoiding them. Their aunt and uncle come to stay, with their aunt being honest about their grandmother's condition. After their grandmother's death Sara and Dane's parents, their mother especially, re-connect with them, although there are moments of intense grief.
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Jan Slepian was born Janice Berek in New York City on January 2, 1921. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Brooklyn College and a master's in speech therapy from New York University. She worked as a speech therapist in hospitals. She was an author, essayist, and poet. She wrote books for children and young adults including The show more Alfred Summer, Lester's Turn, The Broccoli Tapes, Risk n' Roses, Pinocchio's Sister, and Emily Just in Time. Her collection of essays, Astonishment: Life in the Slow Lane, was published in 2008. She also wrote two collections of poetry entitled Jellybeans in Space and The Other Shoe. She died on November 2, 2016 at the age of 95. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1989
- Dedication
- For Richy, Cynthia, Danny and Clifford, who were there.
- First words
- Click. Testing. One, Two, Three, Four.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I'm Coming Home. Click.
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- Fiction and Literature, Kids, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 .S6318 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- English
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