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Sounding Off

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By Ted Staunton
Publisher Red Deer Press
Sounding Off
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Sounding Off is awardwinning childrens author Ted Stauntons 24th book, and his first for a young adult audience. Featuring the town of Hope Springs, home of his popular Monkey Mountain novels and Hope Springs a Leak, Sounding Off is a skillfully woven account of the farces and foibles of a community that could be found anywhere in Canada. Sam Foster is every teenager struggling to find out who he is and what his place is in the world. He is entering Grade 9, his first year of high school, filled with the usual worries hes tall and gawky, hes constantly embarrassed, he tends to fall in love (or lust) with the nearest female. He wishes he were invisibleyet, somehow, he keeps being thrust into the spotlight.

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60942 words60,942 words
184 pages184 pages
Lexile 730LLexile 730L
Grade 6 to 9Grade 6 to 9
Age 11-14Age 11-14
Published 2004Published 2004

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Book ISBN:

9780889952935

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