Close Encounters of a Third-World
Kind
 Holiday
House ©2004; jacket art by James Yamasaki
- 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
Scroll down to learn more about this funny
adventure story
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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