My Sweet Orange Tree

Fifty years after its first publication, the multimillion-copy international bestseller is available again in English, sharing the...
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Author: Jose Mauro de Vasconcelos
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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My Sweet Orange Tree by Vasconcelos, Jose Mauro de

My Sweet Orange Tree

$40.75

My Sweet Orange Tree

$40.75
Author: Jose Mauro de Vasconcelos
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Fifty years after its first publication, the multimillion-copy international bestseller is available again in English, sharing the heartbreaking tale of a gifted, mischievous, direly misunderstood boy growing up in Rio de Janeiro.

When Zez grows up, he wants to be a poet in a bow tie. For now the precocious young boy entertains himself by playing clever pranks on the residents of his Rio de Janeiro neighborhood, stunts for which his parents and siblings punish him severely. Lately, with his father out of work, the beatings have become harsher. Zez 's only solace comes from his time at school, his hours secretly spent singing with a street musician, and the refuge he finds with his precious magical orange tree. When Zez finally makes a real friend, his life begins to change, opening him up to human tenderness but also wrenching sorrow. Never out of print in Brazil since it was first published in 1968, My Sweet Orange Tree, inspired by the author's own childhood, has been translated into many languages and has won the hearts of millions of young readers across the globe.

Author: Jose Mauro de Vasconcelos
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 07/09/2019
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.10w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781536203288
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.9
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 508770 / My Sweet Orange Tree


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2019 pg. 140
Booklist 07/01/2019 pg. 66
Publishers Weekly 08/05/2019

About the Author
José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920-1984) was a Brazilian writer who worked as a sparring partner for boxers, a laborer on a banana farm, and a fisherman before he started writing at the age of twenty-two. He is most famous for his autobiographical novel, My Sweet Orange Tree.

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