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The Last Newspaper Boy In America (2009)

by Sue Corbett(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0525422056 (ISBN13: 9780525422051)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Dutton Juvenile

review 1: Lexile: 830/ Ages: 8-11Pages: 176Summary:I thought this was a very cleverly written book. It is all about the David Family who live in Steele, Pennsylvania. The David Family has always delivered the newspaper to the people in the community on bike for five generations. Wil, the youngest of the David family (12 years old), finally gets to start. However, the day before he turns 12 he finds out that the company is not going to continue to drop off papers in Steele. They will no longer get their paper in the morning. This really disappoints Wil. He writes a letter to the editor of the paper, he goes to see the head man at the paper company that is in town, he even starts a petition, but it looks very bad for Wil. While this whole story unfolds, Wil also finds himself ... morein the middle of a scandal. He is trying to fin out if the carnival owner are "fixing" a game so that people can't win a $1,000 Prize. It is an excellent read for kids, and will definitely boys interested.Reviewed by: Jen T.
review 2: Fabulous! I loved this book. A great book about hard work, family, community, and justice. A good read for the summer with its tale of delivering newspapers and side story of carnival corruption. I imagine middle-grade readers will think this book's subject exotic since newspaper boys/girls are largely a thing of the past. I think it would make a good book group book for those readers. Excellently written, with lots of history and fun too! less

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