Close Encounters of a Third-World Kind
A Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award nominated book for 2009
A Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award nominated book for 2007-2008
An Arizona Grand Canyon Reader Award nominated book for 2007
South Carolina Reads 2007: 100 Suggested Titles for Middle School Students
Honored by a Teddy Children's Book Award Special Citation from the Writers' League of Texas
Recommended by the Missouri State Teachers Association and the Kansas National Education Association
An Accelerated Reader title
Holiday House ©2004; jacket art by James Yamasaki
What if your parents told you that they wanted to do medical volunteer work in another country you'd never even heard of?
Reviews
Full of local color and snippets of cultural information, the comedy-adventure will surely please its intended audience. ...just enough danger to keep the pages turning and an authentically voiced narrator. KIRKUS
Young readers should have fun reading about Annie and her adventures in this entertaining and thematically significant book. CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
This lighthearted book will lead readers into a totally different kind of life from their own. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
It's unusual for a novel this breezy and easy-reading to tackle such challenging themes, but this one manages to bring genuine good humor to this story of an eye-opening journey. THE BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Stewart writes with humor and just the right amount of sarcasm to appeal to young readers. Not only does she demonstrate an understanding of a twelve-year-old girl trying to deal with a bratty younger sister while trying very hard to grow up, she also describes the appeal of an adventure in a country that changes her life forever. LANGUAGE ARTS
I have a weakness for a good girl-adventure story (which is distinctly different from a good-girl adventure story), and Close Encounters of a Third-World Kind, at its best, offers just that. Not the kid about to lose a limb kind of adventure, but a kid-out-in-the-world, kid faced with (almost literally) cliff-hanging difficulties, kid keeps going story and reader happily treks along for the ride. SPECTRUM HOME AND SCHOOL NETWORK
Jennifer J. Stewart has an unerring ear for the preteen voice and sense of humor. Her own experience as a medical volunteer in Nepal provides authenticity to this hilarious yet heartwarming account of a spunky American girl's cross-cultural encounters. BUREAU COUNTY REPUBLICAN
Children have all types of adventures. Some are close-to-home, everyday kinds, while others happen far away... This book would be great for independent readers 9 or older. THE NOBLESVILLE LEDGER
My three snake charmers in Nepal
Close Encounters of a Third-World Kind is based upon some of my family's own experiences, but it is fiction. Several years ago, my family embarked on our own adventure in the kingdom of Nepal, serving as medical volunteers in Khandbari, Kushma, and Bandipur. Our trip was arranged through Helping Hands Health Education, a non-profit Boulder, Colorado organization founded by Mr. Narayan Shrestha.
Pricing
| Description | ISBN |
Price |
|---|---|---|
Holiday House Hardcover |
978-0-8234-1850-3 or 0-8234-1850-2 |
$16.95 |
Holiday House Paperback |
978-0-8234-2161-9 or 0-8234-2161-9 |
$6.95 |
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