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My Louisiana Sky
Kimberly Willis Holt
Paperback (Square Fish, Feb. 15, 2011)Tiger Ann Parker is smart in school and good at baseball, but she's forever teased about her family by the girls in class. Tiger Ann knows her folks are different from others in their small town of Saitter, Louisiana. They are mentally slow, and Tiger Ann keeps her pain and embarrassment hidden as long as her strong and smart Granny runs the household. Then Granny dies suddenly and Aunt Dorie Kay arrives, offering Tiger Ann a way out. Now Tiger Ann must make the most important decision of her life.
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My Louisiana Sky
Kimberly Willis Holt, Judith Ivey, Listening Library
Audiobook (Listening Library, Jan. 15, 2010)Tiger Ann Parker is smart in school and good at baseball, but she's forever teased about her family by the girls in class. Tiger Ann knows her folks are different from others in their small town of Saitter, Louisiana. They are mentally slow, and Tiger Ann keeps her pain and embarrassment hidden as long as her strong and smart Granny runs the household. Then Granny dies suddenly and Aunt Dorie Kay arrives, offering Tiger Ann a way out. Now Tiger Ann must make the most important decision of her life.
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My Louisiana Sky
Kimberly Willis Holt
eBook (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), Feb. 15, 2011)Tiger Ann Parker wants nothing more than to get out of the rural town of Saitter, Louisiana--far away from her mentally disabled mother, her "slow" father who can't read an electric bill, and her classmates who taunt her. So when Aunt Dorie Kay asks Tiger to sp the summer with her in Baton Rouge, Tiger can't wait to go. But before she leaves, the sudden revelation of a dark family secret prompts Tiger to make a decision that will ultimately change her life.Set in the South in the late 1950s, this coming-of-age novel explores a twelve-year-old girl's struggle to accept her grandmother's death, her mentally deficient parents, and the changing world around her. It is a novel filled with beautiful language and unforgettable characters, and the importance of family and home.My Louisiana Sky is a 1998 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Honor Book for Fiction.
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My Louisiana Sky
Kimberly Willis Holt
Hardcover (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), May 15, 1998)Tiger Ann Parker wants nothing more than to get out of the rural town of Saitter, Louisiana--far away from her mentally disabled mother, her "slow" father who can't read an electric bill, and her classmates who taunt her. So when Aunt Dorie Kay asks Tiger to sp the summer with her in Baton Rouge, Tiger can't wait to go. But before she leaves, the sudden revelation of a dark family secret prompts Tiger to make a decision that will ultimately change her life.Set in the South in the late 1950s, this coming-of-age novel explores a twelve-year-old girl's struggle to accept her grandmother's death, her mentally deficient parents, and the changing world around her. It is a novel filled with beautiful language and unforgettable characters, and the importance of family and home.My Louisiana Sky is a 1998 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award Honor Book for Fiction.
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My Louisiana Sky
Kimberly Willis Holt
Audio CD (Listening Library, Aug. 16, 2008)Growing up in Saitter, Louisiana, in the 1950s, twelve-year-old Tiger Ann struggles with her feelings about her stern, but loving grandmother, her mentally slow parents, and her good friend and neighbor, Jesse.
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My Louisiana Sky
Kimberly Willis Holt
Paperback (Yearling, Jan. 11, 2000)Tiger Ann Parker is smart in school and good at baseball, but she's forever teased about her family by the girls in class. Tiger Ann knows her folks are different from others in their small town of Saitter, Louisiana. They are mentally slow, and Tiger Ann keeps her pain and embarrassment hidden as long as her strong and smart Granny runs the household. Then Granny dies suddenly and Aunt Dorie Kay arrives, offering Tiger Ann a way out. Now Tiger Ann must make the most important decision of her life.
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My Louisiana Sky: Novel-Ties Study Guide
Kimberly Willis Holt
Paperback (Learning Links, Jan. 1, 2004)Use Novel-Ties ® study guides as your total guided reading program. Reproducible pages in chapter-by-chapter format provide you with the right questions to ask, the important issues to discuss, and the organizational aids that help students get the most out of each book they read.
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MY LOUISIANA SKY
Kimberly Willis Holt
Paperback (Novel Units, Aug. 16, 2001)None
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My Louisiana Sky
Kimberly Willis Holt
Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-06-12, June 12, 2008)None
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My Louisiana Sky
Kimberly Willis Holt
School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Jan. 11, 2000)FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Growing up in Saitter, Louisiana, in the 1950s, twelve-year-old Tiger Ann struggles with her feelings about her stern, but loving grandmother, her mentally slow parents, and her good friend and neighbor, Jesse.
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My Louisiana Sky
Kimberly Willis Holt, Judith Ivey
Audio Cassette (Listening Library, Nov. 2, 1999)Read by Judith Ivey4 hours 6 minutes, 3 cassettesAfter Granny dies, Tiger Ann Parker wants nothing more than to get out of the rural town of Saitter, Louisiana—far away from her mentally disabled mother, her "slow" father who can't read a phone bill, and the classmates who taunt her. So when Aunt Dorie Kay asks Tiger to live with her in Baton Rouge, Tiger can't wait to go. But before she is able to leave, the sudden revelation os a dark family secret prompts Tiger to make a decision that will ultimately change her life.Set in the South in the late 1950's, this tender coming-of-age audiobook explores a twelve-yeas old girl's struggle to accept her grandmother's death, her mentally deficient parents, and the changin world around her. It is a story filled with beautiful language, unforgettable characters, and the importance of family and home.
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My Louisiana Sky
Kimberly Willis Holt
Paperback (Square Fish, Feb. 15, 2011)None
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