(george) [Paperback]

E. L. Konigsburg (Author, Illustrator)

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Publication Date: September 25, 2007 | Age Level: 8 and up

Who is George?

Only Howard Carr and his older brother, Ben, can answer that question, because only they know about George. George is the funny little man who lives inside Ben, helping him (mostly) navigate life as a sixth grader who happens to be a scientific genius and who happens to be studying organic chemistry with students much older than he.

One of those students is William Hazlitt, a senior who has been Ben's lab partner in previous years. William's interest in chemistry has taken a troubling turn, and Ben has a plan to come to his rescue. And that's when things get complicated -- for Howard, for Ben, and for George.

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About the Author

E. L. Konigsburg is the only author to have won the Newbery Medal and be runner-up in the same year. In 1968 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler won the Newbery Medal and Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth was named Newbery Honor Book. Almost thirty years later she won the Newbery Medal once again for The View From Saturday. She has also written and illustrated three picture books: Samuel Todd's Book of Great Colors, Samuel Todd's Book of Great Inventions, and Amy Elizabeth Explores Bloomingdale's. In 2000 she wrote Silent to the Bone, which was named a New York Times Notable Book and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, among many other honors.

After completing her degree at Carnegie Mellon University, Ms. Konigsburg did graduate work in organic chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. For several years she taught science at a private girls' school. When the third of her three children started kindergarten, she began to write. She now lives on the beach in North Florida.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (September 25, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416949577
• ISBN-13: 978-1416949572
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,104,232 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars george-Bothe sides of young life, March 14, 2010

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I happen to know this book through Amazon's book review and found interest, so I ordered the book and read it. This is a very interesting type of book because it is a story of your inner self. It sounds like psychological story, but it is not. George is invisible person living inner self. Through the conversations between you and inner self, you can see your both sides and experience your different self.