Backyard Angel [Paperback]

Judy Delton (Author), Jill Weber (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Angel O'Leary

Although Angel loves her little brother, Rags, dearly, the constant responsibility of caring for him weighs heavily on her young shoulders. These tales of the trials and tribulations of ten-year-old Angel O'Leary are guaranteed to win many fans. A master at creating short, amusing episodes, Judy Delton writes about ordinary children in a manner often compared to Beverly Cleary, and Carolyn Haywood. Booklist described Angel as, "a flesh-and-blood child whom readers will take to their hearts. Each little jewel of a chapter is an episode unto itself, and Delton's handling of this format is reminiscent of Eleanor Estes' fine work."

Editorial Reviews

Review

"a flesh-and-blood child whom readers will take to their hearts. Each little jewel of a chapter is an episode unto itself, and Delton's handling of this format is reminiscent of Eleanor Estes' fine work." Booklist, ALA

About the Author

Judy Delton was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and has lived there most of her life. She has published more than one hundred books for children, including the popular Pee Wee Scouts series. A master at creating short, amusing episodes, Delton writes about ordinary children in a way often compared with that of Beverly Cleary, Eleanor Estes, and Carolyn Haywood.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sandpiper (April 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395960606
• ISBN-13: 978-0395960608
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,887,671 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #53 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Issues > Babysitting

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fiction worth a million stars, March 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Back Yard Angel (Hardcover)

This book is about a girl, Angel ( otherwise known as Caroline) working through her life with many problems. Her brother Rags(otherwise known as Theodore)is always causing problems. This wonderful, must read book is worth the time you take reading it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Trouble, November 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Back Yard Angel (Paperback)

I liked this book because I am ten and I know what it is like having a little brother that follows me everywhere. The book is filled with excitment, expesially when they get lost in the mall!!! Rags is a little weird when he scraps paint off a truck.I think it is a verey good book that most tenr years old.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Love This Book!, October 25, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Back Yard Angel (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (School & Library Binding)

This was a very good book, it had some exciting parts in it that made me want to keep reading and some of the things that happened in this book my little brother,my little sister and I have done also so yeah!I am thirteen and i dont read very much at all but this was a book report thing and i actullay am starting to read more now! I think this would be a good book for anyone to read ecspecially young ones!
<3 steph