{"product_id":"the-wild-book-paperback","title":"The Wild Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargarita Engle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The idea of a wild book on which to let words sprout is one that should speak to those with reading difficulties and to aspiring poets as well.\" --\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFefa struggles with words. She has word blindness, or dyslexia, and the doctor says she will never read or write. Every time she tries, the letters jumble and spill off the page, leaping away like bullfrogs. How will she ever understand them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut her mother has an idea. She gives Fefa a blank book filled with clean white pages. \"Think of it as a garden,\" she says.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon Fefa starts to sprinkle words across the pages of her wild book. She lets her words sprout like seedlings, shaky at first, then growing stronger and surer with each new day. And when her family is threatened, it is what Fefa has learned from her wild book that saves them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis glowing portrait in verse of Margarita Engle's Cuban grandmother as a young girl struggling with dyslexia is not to be missed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargarita Engle\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of the Newbery Honor book \u003ci\u003eThe Surrender Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eas well as \u003ci\u003eThe Poet Slave of Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTropical Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Firefly Letters\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHurricane Dancers\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives with her husband in Northern California. Visit her at www.margaritaengle.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.5 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 07, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wild Book\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47297342013689,"sku":"9780544022751","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/d29uSjE2WFRaSXAvaGcxU2Y4REV1dz09.webp?v=1769221172","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-wild-book-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}