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Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff!

by (author) Jessica Scott Kerrin

illustrated by Joseph Kelly

Publisher
Kids Can Press
Initial publish date
Feb 2005
Category
General, Chapter Books
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781553376880
    Publish Date
    Feb 2005
    List Price
    $16.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781553377726
    Publish Date
    Feb 2005
    List Price
    $7.95
  • 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.

Joseph Kelly's profile page

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.

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