The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher

5 best books like The Actual & Truthful Adventures of Becky Thatcher (Jessica Lawson): Song for a Whale, The Key to Extraordinary, The Making of The African Queen Or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind, Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years, They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems

Song for a Whale

Author

Lynne Kelly

In the spirit of modern-day classics like Fish in a Tree and Counting by 7s comes the story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the journey she takes to help him.

From fixing the class computer to repairing old radios, twelve-year-old Iris is a tech...

The Key to Extraordinary

Author	Natalie Lloyd
ISBN	0545552745

Everyone in Emma's family is special. Her ancestors include Revolutionary War spies, brilliant scientists, and famous musicians--every single one of which learned of their extraordinary destiny through a dream.

For Emma, her own dream can't come soon enough. Right before her mother died,...

The Making of The African Queen Or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind

Author	Katharine Hepburn
ISBN	0394562720

The African Queen starred Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, debuted for Academy Award eligibility in 1951, and was released wide in 1952. If you don't know what it is, or why you should care about it, nothing I say hereinafter will make one drop of sense to you, and you'd far better use your eyeblinks...

Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

Author	Julie Andrews Edwards
ISBN	0306845989

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In this follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews shares reflections on her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Victor/Victoria.

In Home, the number one New York Times international...

They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems

Author

David Bowles

Twelve-year-old Güero is Mexican American, at home with Spanish or English and on both sides of the river. He’s starting 7th grade with a woke English teacher who knows how to make poetry cool.

In Spanish, “Güero” is a nickname for guys with pale skin, Latino or Anglo. But make no mistake:...