Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff!
- Publisher
- Kids Can Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2005
- Category
- General, Chapter Books
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781553376880
- Publish Date
- Feb 2005
- List Price
- $16.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781553377726
- Publish Date
- Feb 2005
- List Price
- $7.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781894786669
- Publish Date
- Dec 2013
- List Price
- $4.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 7 to 10
- Grade: 2 to 5
- Reading age: 7 to 10
Description
Meet Martin Bridge --- a boy whose well-meant plans sometimes go awry. In three illustrated stories, Martin encounters two bus drivers with very different ways of relating, makes a tough decision about a friend's pet and takes on an extremely competitive model rocket project that almost costs him a friendship. The daily rhythms, struggles and triumphs of childhood --- at home, at school and with friends --- are evoked with warmth, understanding, honesty and humor.
About the authors
Jessica Scott Kerrin is the author of The Things Owen Wrote, The Spotted Dog Last Seen (finalist for the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award and the John Spray Mystery Award) and The Missing Dog Is Spotted. She is also the author of the picture book, The Better Tree Fort (illustrated by Qin Leng), and is known for the Lobster Chronicles series and the bestselling Martin Bridge series. Her novels have been translated into French, Turkish, Russian and Slovenian.
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Born and raised in Alberta, Jessica now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Jessica Scott Kerrin's profile page
Joseph Kelly is a commercial and industrial artist. He is illustrator of the Martin Bridge series of chapter books and A Paddling of Ducks. He lives in Sonoma, California.
Awards
- Short-listed, Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
- Winner, Notable Children's Book, American Library Association
Editorial Reviews
The everyday worlds of school, home, and clubs offer Martin Bridge several opportunities for growth, and his responses are on target for a third grader.—School Library Journal
A pitch perfect chapter book that confronts its hero with three very real-world ethical dilemmas every elementary student will recognize.—School Library Journal
A warm, rich story for new chapter-book readers.—Horn Book, Starred Review
Young readers will readily identify with the likable, sympathetically drawn Martin and his crises of conscience when his well-intended actions go frustratingly awry.—Quill and Quire
Librarian Reviews
Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff!
Meet Martin Bridge, a boy whose plans for a brilliant rocket, a substitute bus driver and an aging hamster go terribly wrong in this lively trio of stories – told with warmth and humour.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Canadian Children’s Book News. 2006.
