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  • Bluish

    Virginia Hamilton, Lisa Renee Pitts, Blackstone Audio, Inc.

    Audiobook (Blackstone Audio, Inc., May 26, 2006)
    Friendship isn't always easy. Natalie is different from the other kids in Dreenie's fifth-grade class. She comes to school in a wheelchair. She always wears a knitted hat. And she's allowed to bring her puppy to class. The kids in the class call Natalie "Bluish" because her skin is tinted blue from chemotherapy. Dreenie is fascinated by Bluish and a little scared of her, too. She watches Bluish and writes about her in her journal. Slowly, the two girls become good friends. But Dreenie still struggles with Bluish's illness. Bluish is weak and frail, but she also wants to be independent. How do you act around a girl like that?
  • Bluish

    Virginia Hamilton

    eBook (Open Road Media Teen & Tween, Feb. 14, 2012)
    All of the kids at school stay away from “Bluish,” but when Dreenie and Tuli learn to see beyond her differences, they discover a true friend Ten-year-old Natalie is different from the other kids at her New York City magnet school: She is often absent, wears a knit cap, and uses a wheelchair. Her classmates have nicknamed her “Bluish” because her pale skin is tinted blue from chemotherapy. Dreenie is fascinated by and a bit frightened of Bluish—she watches her from afar and writes about her in her journal. As the school year progresses, Dreenie and her friend Tuli learn to see beyond Bluish’s differences and discover a fiercely independent, spirited girl who isn’t so different from them after all. But it’s not easy being friends with someone who’s sick, and Dreenie doesn’t always know how to act. Hamilton delivers a lesson of compassion and demonstrates the power of friendship to overcome even the most trying of situations.
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  • Bluish

    Virginia Hamilton

    Paperback (Blue Sky Press, June 1, 2002)
    In this powerful novel researched in NYC schools, Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton documents the struggle young people face as they simultaneously assert their independence and yearn for guidance.Friendship isn't always easy. Natalie is different from the other girls in Dreenie's fifth-grade class. She comes to school in a wheelchair, always wearing a knitted hat. The kids call her "Bluish" because her skin is tinted blue from chemotherapy. Dreenie is fascinated by Bluish -- and a little scared of her, too. She watches Bluish and writes her observations in her journal. Slowly, the two girls become good friends. But Dreenie still struggles with with Bluish's illness. Bluish is weak and frail, but she also wants to be independent and respected. How do you act around a girl like that?
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  • Bluish

    Virginia Hamilton, Leo & Diane Dillon

    Hardcover (Blue Sky Press, Oct. 1, 1999)
    A touching novel that explores the unbreakable bonds of friendship follows a young girl called Bluish by the other children because leukemia makes her pale and Dreenie, who finds Bluish fascinating and encourages her friend Tuli to look beyond the color and see the person within.
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  • Bluish

    Virginia Hamilton

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, June 1, 2002)
    Dreenie Douglas's journal revolves around a girl in her fifth grade class called Bluish. Dreenie's fascination with Bluish becomes all consuming, causing her moods to be based on her interactions with the pale girl. Bluish is Dreenie's escape from taking care of her sister and best friend.
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  • Bluish

    Virginia Hamilton, Lisa Renee Pitts

    Audio CD (Blackstone Audio Inc., April 15, 2006)
    Friendship isn’t always easy… Natalie is different from the other kids in Dreenie’s fifth-grade class. She comes to school in a wheelchair. She always wears a knitted hat. And she’s allowed to bring her puppy to class. The kids in the class call Natalie “Bluish” because her skin is tinted blue from chemotherapy. Dreenie is fascinated by Bluish—and a little scared of her, too. She watches Bluish and writes about her in her journal. Slowly, the two girls become good friends. But Dreenie still struggles with Bluish’s illness. Bluish is weak and frail, but she also wants to be independent. How do you act around a girl like that?
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  • Bluish

    Virginia Hamilton

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, June 1, 2002)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Ten-year-old Dreenie feels both intrigued and frightened when she thinks about the girl nicknamed Bluish, whose leukemia is making her pale and forcing her to use a wheelchair.
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  • Bluish

    Virginia Hamilton

    Paperback (Scholastic Signature, June 1, 2002)
    Bluish[ BLUISH ] By Hamilton, Virginia ( Author )Jun-01-2002 Paperback
  • Bluish

    Virginia Hamilton, Lisa Rene Pitts, Hillary Huber

    MP3 CD (Blackstone Audiobooks, April 1, 2006)
    Friendship isn't always easy. Natalie is different from the other kids in Dreenie's fifth-grade class. She comes to school in a wheelchair. She always wears a knitted hat. And she's allowed to bring her puppy to class. The kids in the class call Natalie "Bluish" because her skin is tinted blue from chemotherapy. Dreenie is fascinated by Bluish and a little scared of her, too. She watches Bluish and writes about her in her journal. Slowly, the two girls become good friends. But Dreenie still struggles with Bluish's illness. Bluish is weak and frail, but she also wants to be independent. How do you act around a girl like that?
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  • Bluish

    Virginia Hamilton

    Preloaded Digital Audio Player (Blackstone Pub, March 12, 2007)
    Friendship isn't always easy. . . Natalie is different from the other kids in Dreenie's fifth-grade class. She comes to school in a wheelchair. She always wears a knitted hat. And she's allowed to bring her puppy to class. The kids in the class call Natalie “Bluish” because her skin is tinted blue from chemotherapy. Dreenie is fascinated by Bluish -- and a little scared of her, too. She watches Bluish and writes about her in her journal. Slowly, the two girls become good friends. But Dreenie still struggles with Bluish's illness. Bluish is weak and frail, but she also wants to be independent. How do you act around a girl like that?
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  • Bluish

    Virginia Hamilton

    (The Blue Sky Press, July 6, 1999)
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  • Bluish by Hamilton, Virginia

    Hamilton

    Hardcover (Perfection Learning, 2002, )
    Bluish by Hamilton, Virginia [Perfection Learning, 2002] Hardcover [Hardcover...