The Library Card facts for kids
First edition
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| Author | Jerry Spinelli |
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| Original title | The Library Card |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young Adult Literature |
| Publisher | Scholastic inc. |
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Publication date
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1997 |
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Published in English
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1997 |
| Media type | Paperback |
| Pages | 148 pp |
| ISBN | 0-590-38633-6 |
The Library Card is a 1997 young adult novel by Jerry Spinelli. The book is broken into four short stories each following a different main character, but all connected to a library card.
Plot
The book The Library Card is about four kids who each have some problem in life that the library card solves. During the course of the four short stories, the library card changes each of their lives for the better.
The main character of the first section, Mongoose, struggles with peer pressure from his friend Weasel. Weasel influences Mongoose to steal and to skip school. After coming across the library card, Mongoose overcomes this challenge. The second character, Brenda, is addicted to watching television. She can't watch television for a whole week of school for a school project. During this time, she encounters the library card, which shows her the benefits of reading many kinds of different books. The third character, Sonseray, is a child who lives in a car with his uncle, a migrant worker. Life is hard for him without any stable friends, but one day when he discovers the library card and takes out a book, he finds refuge from loneliness. The final character, April Mendez, has just moved for her father's job on a mushroom farm. She boards a "moving library," (book mobile) which becomes subject to an attempted hijacking. The hijacker (Nanette) and April become friends because of their mutual interest in the library card.
