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Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

Other authors: Byron Barton (Illustrator)

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A New York City boy's preconceived ideas of life in the West make him very apprehensive about the family's move there.
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This book is about a boy who is moving to the wild west and thinks that all the stories that he has heard about it are true. Although when he gets there he meets a boy at the airport who has heard the same stories about where he is from. Then he actually gets to his house and finds out that those stories are no true and they are just tall tales.
  BurgessMeredith | Jan 21, 2017 |
Moving can be scary! Especially when you have a lot of wrong ideas about a place! For anyone who has or will move to a new place, you should read this book first. It's terribly easy to make assumptions, but you might end up being way off base. Fear can make anyone believe some pretty silly things. ( )
  cabaty | Sep 29, 2015 |
This book describes the anxiety a little kid has as he is faced with a big move across the country. He stereotypes how his new life is going to be, and realizes when he meets another kid how ridiculous it is to assume how a place is going to be. It teaches to be open minded and it has funny stereotpes about the east and west coasts! ( )
  mariah21 | Apr 1, 2014 |
This book is based on a young boy that is forced from his home to move to a place out west with many preconceived ideas about what his new life will be like. He met a boy in the airport who was moving to the east with the same feelings. He soon found out that he was wrong and grows to love his new home. This would be a good lesson for the students that you can't believe everything you hear; rumors. ( )
  ermilligan | Nov 3, 2008 |
A New York City boy's preconceived ideas of life in the West make him very apprehensive about the family's move there. ( )
  kidlit9 | Nov 6, 2007 |
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