Nikki & Deja : birthday blues : Nikki & Deja #2 / by Karen English ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.

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Title:

Nikki & Deja : birthday blues : Nikki & Deja #2 / by Karen English ; illustrated by Laura Freeman.

Author:

English, Karen

Freeman-Hines, Laura

ISBN:

9780547248936

Publication Information:

Boston, MA : Sandpiper, c2010.

Physical Description:

92 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Series:

Nikki & Deja #2

General Note:

Originally published: New York : Clarion Books, c2009.

Abstract:

As her eighth birthday approaches, Deja's biggest concern is whether her father will attend her party, until her aunt is called away on business and a classmate schedules a "just because party" on the same afternoon.

Subject Term:

Birthdays -- Juvenile fiction.

Parties -- Juvenile fiction.

Schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Best friends -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Aunts -- Juvenile fiction.

Added Author:

Freeman-Hines, Laura

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Library	Material Type	Item Barcode	Shelf Number	Status
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Summary

The second popular book about Nikki and Deja, two third-grade girls who are best friends.

Deja's birthday is coming up, and she's been talking about it for weeks. But just before the big day, Auntie Dee gets called away on a business trip and Deja must stay with an elderly neighbor . . . who cooks turnips for dinner and doesn't even have a color TV!

Worse, the machinations of spoiled Antonia, Deja's new nemesis, threaten to ruin Deja's birthday party plans.

Like the first book, this story captures with subtlety and humor all the small betrayals and triumphs of young girls' relationships. Readers will get a wider view of the girls' diverse neighborhood and will recognize themselves and their classmates in the colorful, deftly drawn school scenes. A more serious theme is also introduced (with a light touch) in a subplot concerning Deja's absent father.