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| The Thing About Georgie | 
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Sales Rank: 12354
Category: Book
Author: Lisa Graff
Publisher: HarperTrophy
Studio: HarperTrophy
Manufacturer: HarperTrophy
Label: HarperTrophy
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0060875917
EAN: 9780060875916
ASIN: 0060875917
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
Release Date: August 26, 2008
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Product Description
As far as Georgie is concerned, everyone has a "thing" The thing about poodles is that Georgie Bishop hates to walk them. The thing about Jeanie the Meanie is that she would rather write on her shoe than help Georgie with their Abraham Lincoln project. The thing about Andy's nonna is that she kisses Georgie's cheeks and doesn't speak one word of English. The thing about Georgie's mom is that she's having a baby?a baby who will probably be taller than Georgie very, very soon. The thing about Georgie . . . well, what is the thing about Georgie?
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One of my favorites! October 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff is about a boy (Georgie) who is a dwarf and his mom is having a baby. Georgie refers to the baby as "Baby Godzilla." To make things worse, Georgie and his friend (Andy) get into a fight. Georgie thinks that nothing can get worse but some how or rather it does. How will Georgie's life get better?
Also in the beginning of some chapters Lisa Graff asks you favors so you can understand about what dwarves can and can't do.
Do you want to hear more? Well, read the book to find out more.
I really think Lisa Graff has a talent. I recommend The Thing About Georgie.
Review by G.C.
 Kids are riveted September 21, 2008
I'm reading this to my fourth grade class and the kids are riveted. They have even asked to "hear more Georgie" rather than have extra time outside. It has sparked some very thoughtful discussion. I enthusiastically recommend it!!
The thing about this story is that it pulls at your heart. June 8, 2008
The thing about Georgie is that he is one of the most endearing characters you'll ever meet. He's got the normal problems of a boy growing up: jealousy when his best friend befriends another boy and wants to include the new best friend in the dog-walking business that Georgie masterminded; the worry that his parents will like the new baby they're expecting better than they like him; and being assigned to a project in school with the meanest and most non-participatory student in class--Meanie Jeannie. While Georgie explores the trials and tribulations of growing up, the narrator tugs at the reader's conscience regarding the other thing about Georgie. Georgie doesn't dwell on it because there's nothing he can do about it, and the narrator wants to heighten the reader's awareness, not their sympathy. You'll come away from this book empowered for having read it and fallen in love with Georgie, and his family and his friends, who lovingly raise their own consciousness against the enemy of discrimination.
Georgie stands tall--a great read for all April 1, 2008
First time novelist Lisa Graff covers Andrew Clements territory with this story about a fourth grade dwarf. While George Washington Bishop's dwarfism has always been a reality, it has never been an issue. Until now. He is concerned that his soon to be baby sister or brother--dubbed Baby Godzilla in his mind--will one day outgrow him--literally. He is falling out with his best friend, Andy, and can't seem to find a way to end the fight. And the only person interested in being his friend is Jeanie the Meanie, and she has a strange way of showing affection (like signing him up against his will to play Abraham Lincoln--he tallest president ever--in the school play.)
Once I started this book I really couldn't put it down. Graff does a fantastic job of making Georgie a character the reader can sympathize with without pitying. The Thing about Georgie is a great recommendation for middle grade readers, boys and girls, for we are all little in a big world.
The Thing About Lisa Graff March 5, 2008
I read this book aloud to my daughters, ages 8 and 6. We ALL loved it so much. We couldn't read the book fast enough so we started reading twice a day...each morning before school and every evening before bed. We discussed Georgie and Jeanie the Meanie at the dinner table as if they were real people. My daughters loved the intro to each new chapter...how clever! Now my daughters want a bedroom like Andy's new room. Lisa Graff is quite smart and engaging. We cannot wait to read more of her work!
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