Moving Day

by Fletcher, Ralph

• ISBN13: 9781590784532
• ISBN10: 1590784537
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-01
• Publisher: Wordsong

Summary

Those six poisonous words suddenly turn the world of twelve-year-old Fletch upside down. In two weeks, he will say good-bye to his friends and leave behind that pretty girl with the dark dark eyes. Longing fills the time before moving day as Fletch yearns to keep life just the way it is. Even defrosting the freezer is hard; a "thick white layer of sadness" covers everything. Hetch worries that when he moves he Won't be from anywhere. He'll be "just a tumbleweed blowing across a dusty road." Ralph Fletcher's heartfelt, autobiographical poems are beautifully illustrated by Jennifer Emery and speak to anyone who has ever moved far away. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Ralph Fletcher works with teachers and children in schools across the United States

Table of Contents

New Bike	p. 6
Unmovable	p. 7
Selling Our House	p. 8
A Kid Named Dave	p. 9
The Flaming Lake	p. 10
Far Away	p. 11
Tumbleweeds	p. 12
Ohio Rain	p. 13
Fletch the Retch	p. 14
Boxes	p. 15
Leaves	p. 16
Lost and Found	p. 17
The Deepest Cleaning	p. 18
Buried Treasure	p. 19
Fragile	p. 20
Bubble Wrap	p. 21
Moving the Moon	p. 22
Defrosting the Freezer	p. 23
Lasts	p. 24
Going-Away Presents	p. 25
When Moving Day Finally Came	p. 26
Taking Things Apart	p. 27
Moving the Earth	p. 28
Grandpa	p. 29
The Long Run	p. 30
Diamondback	p. 31
Empty	p. 32
Good-bye	p. 33
New House	p. 34
Ray	p. 35
Neighbor	p. 36
Firsts	p. 37
Waking Up	p. 38
Leaves	p. 39
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