Operation Final Notice
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  • Published: 8 November 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593609811
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Childrens
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00

Operation Final Notice

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8 Nov 2022
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8 Nov 2022
Paperback
24 Sep 2024
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3 Jan 2023
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Told in alternating points of view, this middle grade novel, following best friends Ronny and Jo, is about anxiety, being in over your head, and learning to accept help—even if you don’t know how to ask

Eight hundred seventy-eight dollars. That’s how much Ronny needs by January 4th to make to keep his family’s only car from getting repossessed. Since a workplace injury disabled his dad and forced the family to move from their home into the apartment complex across the street, Ronny’s been learning all sorts of things—like what letters marked with Final Notice means and that banks can take cars away for being behind on payments.
 
His best friend Josefina Ramos is also counting down until the start of January when her life could change forever—that’s when she has her big cello audition at the prestigious music academy Maple Hill. Except she can’t play a solo performance without something disastrous happening and no one seems to hear her when she talks about how nervous she is.
 
As the countdown to the new year rolls ahead, Ronny and Jo learn what can happen to best-laid plans and how to depend on one another and their community when things get tough.
  • Published: 8 November 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593609811
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Childrens
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00
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“Flawless eighth-grade voices and awkwardness” —Booklist

“[Derrick’s] grief and anxiety will speak to many kids.” —BCCB
 
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Magnolia Book Award Winner
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"Matthew Landis's novel is the best kind of time travel as past and present cross-dissolve." —Richard Peck, Newbery Medal-winning author of A Year Down Yonder

"Matthew Landis depicts the world of middle school with laser-like clarity, big-hearted warmth, and abundant humor, while also managing to bring Civil War history vividly to life." —Jordan Sonnenblick, award-winning author of Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie

"Teacher Landis knows how middle schoolers work." —Kirkus Reviews

"A well spun plot with quick-fire dialogue. Civil War buffs might learn a thing or two from the notes, and school story fans will be thoroughly entertained." —BCCB