Ida B.

Ida B.

Infobox Book
name = Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World


image_caption =
author = Katherine Hannigan
illustrator = no info
cover_artist = no info
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Young adult novel
publisher = Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins)
release_date = August 17, 2004
media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback) Audio Book(CD, cassette, audio download)
pages = 256 pp
isbn = ISBN 978-0060730246
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"Ida B: . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World " is a 2004 children's novel written by Katherine Hannigan. The audiobook version is narrated by Lili Taylor.

Plot introduction

Ida B. Applewood is a homeschooled only child who enjoys long conversations with the apple trees in her family's orchard. Her life changes when her mother develops cancer, leading her parents to sell part of the orchard and send Ida B to public school. She learns to cope with her feelings of anger and betrayal and to like her fourth grade teacher Ms.Washington

Awards

* 2004 Josette Frank Award winner
* 2004 "Publishers Weekly" Best Children's Book selection [ [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA481607.html Best Children's Books 2004] . "Publishers Weekly".]
* 2004 Borders Original Voices, Young Adult category [Mutter, John (2005-01-13). [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA496164.html Bookselling News: 'Boutique Shopping Is Back'] "PW Daily for Booksellers -- Publishers Weekly".]
* 2005 Quill Award Nominee [ [http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA633157.html RBI/NBC Announce First Crop of Quill Award Nominees] . "School Library Journal".]
* 2005 BookSense Book of the Year Honor, Children's Literature [ [http://www.bookweb.org/news/awards/3433.html Literary Award Winners: Book Sense Book of the Year Award] ]
* School Library Journal Best Book
* New York Public Library's "One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing"
* IRA/CBC Teachers' Choice
* ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice

References

External links

* [http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/excerpts/2004-08-24-ida-b_x.htm Excerpt from 'Ida B'] published in "USA Today"
* [http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=27798&isbn13=9780060730246&displayType=bookinterview Author Interview: Katherine Hannigan on "Ida B"]


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