On the Road to Mr. Mineo's

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On the Road to Mr. Mineo's

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Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
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Farrar Straus Giroux October 2012

Everyone has a story to tell.

Stella just wants a dog but her parents say no.

Gerald is the target of the neighborhood bullies who call him Wormy.  

Mutt is a liar.

Mr. Mineo is a lonely man who has found friendship with his pigeons.

Ethel and Amos spend their days arguing.

Levi, C.J. and Jiggs are bullies.

Hot summer days in the quiet neighborhoods of Meadville, South Carolina, are about to be disturbed by the arrival of a one-legged pigeon and a little brown dog. Meet Stella, her friend, Gerald, Arthur Mineo, rightful owner of the pigeon along with his dog, Ernie, Luther and Edsel who play checkers and battle a mischievous truck engine, Amos and Ethel Roper who love to argue, and Mutt Raynard who lies.  Can a one-legged pigeon make a difference to so many people?

This is a story of friendship, of bullies, of partners in crime, and of the magical power of dogs and birds to transform the ordinary, the routine, the possibly hopeless into something oh so much more.

Barbara O'Connor has magic in her pen and in her heart. She is one of those authors who notices, remembers and shares the little feelings and the small moments and intersections in lives that weave together to make a big story. Here she laces the lives of all of her wonderful small town characters together. They all have the same mission it turns out whether they know it or not. It has something to do with a bird and something to do with the wonder of our stories and our lives and how we share them with each other. Delightful. Refreshing. Satisfying.

181 pages  Ages 8-12   978-0374380021

Recommended by: Barb

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