Two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry introduces a new girl in class who loves being the center of attention and tells the most entertaining “absolutely true” stories.
There’s never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. What other new kid comes to school wearing pajamas and cowboy boots one day and a polka-dot t-shirt and tutu on another? Gooney Bird has to sit right smack in the middle of the class because she likes to be in the middle of everything. She is the star of story time and keeps her teacher and classmates on the edge of their seats with her “absolutely true” stories. But what about her classmates? Do they have stories good enough to share?
This is the first book in what is currently a series of six, that follows Gooney Bird Greene through a school year from September to March.
#2: Gooney Bird and the Room Mother
#3: Gooney the Fabulous
#4: Gooney Bird is So Absurd
#5: Gooney Bird on the Map
#6: Gooney Bird and All Her Charms
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