Sid fleischman wrote more than sixty books for children, adults, and magicians. Sid fleischman was born in brooklyn, new york, and grew up in san diego, california. In this comic fireworks of a novel, newly orphaned buddy stebbins stumbles onto the th floor of a shabby old building and finds himself. Meet a talltaleteller who farms, siblings who call on their forebears for help, a famous escape artist, get to know a writer or 2 rather personally, and more. When his older sister disappears, 12yearold buddy stebbins follows her back in. Book fairs scholastic education trade publishing international about scholastic customer service contact us. Albert sidney fleischman march 16, 1920 march 17, 2010, or sid fleischman, was an american author of ukrainian ancestry who worked on childrens books, screenplays, novels for adults, and nonfiction books about stage magic. Sid fleischman books, author biography, and reading level.
See all books authored by sid fleischman, including by the great horn spoon. In this briskly paced novel, action is fleischmans strong suit and fans of. Fleischmans jingo django, an ala notable book, provides some examples. For more than 40 years he lived in the same house near the pacific ocean in santa monica, ca. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. A ghost story by sid fleischman is about buddy stebbins and how him and his sister are alone, with no other other family, and one day both their lives change. A video interview with sid fleischman reading rockets. After a mysterious message appears on their answering machine, ostensibly from abigail, a relative whos been dead for 300 years, buddy and his lawyer sister, liz, are transported back in time. A tale of time travel, filled with fleischmans trademark combination of humor and wild adventure. When buddy stebbins stumbles onto the thirteenth floor of a shabby old building, he finds himself suddenly transported aboard a leaking pirate ship in a howling stormthree. The th floor book gail borden public library district.
It took him more than 10 years and several false starts to complete his newberywinning book, the whipping boy. In this comic fireworks of a novel, newly orphaned buddy stebbins stumbles onto the th floor of a shabby old building and finds himself transported aboard a. The absurd notion that if one were born at the stroke of midnight, he or she would have the power to see ghosts set me off on a highly successful comic pirate novel, the ghost in the noonday sun. Triskaidekaphobia, the superstitious fear of the number thirteen, caught my imagination and off i went on a time travel story, the th floor. Among his many awards was the newbery medal for his novel the whipping boy. A ghost story paperback april 10 2007 by sid fleischman author, peter sis illustrator 4. A ghost story fleischman makes his first contribution to the timetravel genre of fantasy literature. Fleischman knows that a great childrens book will live with readers for a long, long time and he wants to get it right. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
The thirteenth floor is a designation of a level of a multilevel building that is often omitted in countries where the number is considered unlucky. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. When buddy stebbins stumbles onto the thirteenth floor of a shabby old building, he finds himself suddenly. The th floor a ghost story by sid fleischman i first read this book in 1995 and today i reread it and was surprised just how much of the plot i remembered. When his older sister disappears, 12yearold buddy stebbins follows her back in time and finds himself aboard a 17thcentury pirate ship captained by a distant relative. His other titles include the entertainer and the dybbuk, a novel, and three biographies, sir charlie.
When his older sister disappears, twelveyearold buddy stebbins follows her back in time and finds himself aboard a seventeenthcentury pirate ship captained by a distant relative. The author described his wasted youth as a magician and newspaperman in his autobiography the abracadabra kid. Beneath the surface entertainment, the story also speaks of courage, friendship and trust. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of american. After a mysterious message appears on their answering machine, ostensibly from abigail, a relative. Among his many awards was the newbery medal for his novel the whipping.
Notable book, american library association best books, school library journal illustrated by peter sis. Meet a talltaleteller who farms, siblings who call on their forebears for help, a famous escape artist, get to know a writer or 2 rather personally, and more all while you read books by sid fleischman. In his lifetime, he wrote more than 60 books for adults as well as for children, some of which, including the whipping boy, have been made into movies. Ghosts, witchcraft, treasure, and the mischief of illusion and delusion are the ingredients of this manyfaceted novel. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Chancy and the grand rascal by sid fleischman 19970328 by sid fleischman jan 1 1748. Dec, 2011 the th floor a ghost story by sid fleischman i first read this book in 1995 and today i reread it and was surprised just how much of the plot i remembered. Richard adamson when his older sister disappears, twelveyearold buddy stebbins follows her back in time and finds himself aboard a seventeenthcentury pirate ship captained by a distant relative. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
The horn book made into the film prince brat and the whipping boy with george c. Daggatt from the orphan house, who hires out jingo hawks as a chimney sweep to the awful general dirtyface scurlock. The th floor a ghost story is a terrific action packed adventure filled with pirates, witch hunts and humor. I recommend this book to all middle school students because this book really has a cool fiction plot line which tells you a good story. Sid fleischman, newbery awardwinning childrens author, saw a magician for the first time when he was in fifth grade and was enthralled.
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See all 11 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. A ghost story, by sid fleischman greenwillow, 1995, middle grade, 1 pages sid fleischman recently passed away, leaving behind a rich legacy of stories. Chancy and the grand rascal by sid fleischman 19970328 by sid fleischman. A ghost story by sid fleischman 1997, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. A tale of time travel, filled with fleischman s trademark combination of humor and wild adventure.
Sis, peter, 1949publication date 1995 topics time travel, pirates, brothers and sisters publisher. When buddy stebbins stumbles onto the thirteenth floor of a shabby o. Contrary to what the title indicates, there are no ghosts in this story. Featured books by sid fleischman travel by sea, elephant and magic with newbery medalist sid fleischman. Sid fleischman has written dozens of books for children, and each one is crafted carefully with vivid detail and expressive language. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. For most kids, fascination with magic is a passing fancy, but for fleischman, it has stayed with him over the years. Buddy finds himself on a pirate ship captained by another ancestor, captain crackstone. This is the web site that will offer you ease of searching book the th floor. Sid fleischman books list of books by author sid fleischman.
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