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Schmidt, Gary D. PAY ATTENTION, CARTER JONES Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. IL 5-8 ISBN 9780544790858 |
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It’s 7:15 in the morning on the first day of middle school. Carter Jones’ house is chaos. His little sisters are crying, there’s no milk, his mom’s car won’t start, and the doorbell is ringing. Carter begrudgingly opens the door to find the Butler. A true English butler is standing on his porch telling Carter he is there to help. Carter immediately distrusts the butler his family has apparently inherited, and struggles with Mr. Bowles-Fitzpatrick’s no-it-all attitude. After all, what teenager wants to be told what to do by some random British dude? But with the help of a purple Bentley and the game of Cricket, maybe Carter’s feelings will change. Young Master Carter may just find this butler helps him overcome burdens he wasn’t even aware he was carrying. (Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Awards, 2021) |
| SUBJECTS: Butlers -- Fiction. Conduct of life -- Fiction. Family life -- Fiction. Middle schools -- Fiction. Schools -- Fiction. |
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