Bartleby of the Mighty Mississippi

Bartleby of the Mighty MississippiAll Bartleby has ever known is life in his plastic bowl. Then his boy chucks him into the big water place. There Bartleby faces challenges both fearful and thrilling. He also meets another discarded pet Seezer an alligator whose true home is the Mighty Mississippi, too. Seezer wants Bartleby to help him seek out the great river. But can a small turtle trust a growing alligator? "The most redoubtable animal character down the pike since Avi's Poppy."

All Bartleby has ever known is life in his plastic bowl. Then his boy chucks him into the big water place. There Bartleby faces challenges both fearful and thrilling. He also meets another discarded pet-Seezer-an alligator whose true home is the Mighty Mississippi, too. Seezer wants Bartleby to help him seek out the great river. But can a small turtle trust a growing alligator? "The most redoubtable animal character down the pike since Avi's Poppy."-Booklist Junior Library Guild Selection
New York Public Library 100 Best Books
Washington Irving Children's Choice Honor Book
Golden Sower Children's Choice Book Award nominee


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 04/05/2007
ISBN: 9780595444779
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 39865 / Bartleby of the Mighty Mississippi
Reading Level: 3.7 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 4