The Bridge Battle, Jacqueline Davies
The Bridge Battle, Jacqueline Davies
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The Bridge Battle

Author: Jacqueline Davies

Narrator: Rebecca Soler

Unabridged: 3 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 11/01/2022

Synopsis

In this gripping, funny addition to the bestselling Lemonade War series, both Jessie and her brother Evan find themselves unexpectedly cast as outsiders. How they find their way forward makes for a timeless story about the power of courage and kindness.Evan and Jessie Treski have waged a lemonade war, sought justice in a class trial, unmasked a bell thief, and created a professional magic show. Yet for all their skills and talents, both find themselves being singled out this summer for reasons beyond their control.Natural-born leader Evan, who is always good at making new friends, discovers he is at the mercy of a bully on the summer school playground and is pressured to act in a way he never has before.Science-loving Jessie just wants to construct the best bridge she can for the competition next month, yet she is stuck in the wrong summer camp, surrounded by kids who believe fairies are more real than physics and a group of girls who tortured her back in second grade. Suddenly, she, too finds herself acting in ways that puzzle her.Bestselling author Jacqueline Davies once again shows how well she understands her readers in this timely story of how being true to ourselves can help us remember how to treat others.The six books in this fun-to-read series are:The Lemonade WarThe Lemonade Crime The Bell Bandit The Candy Smash The Magic Trap The Bridge Battle

About Jacqueline Davies

Jacqueline Davies is the bestselling author of the Lemonade War series, which has inspired young readers across the world to raise money for charitable causes. She is also the award-winning author of the Sydney and Taylor series, illustrated by Deborah Hocking, and Bubbles . . . UP!, illustrated by Sonia Sánchez, which was selected as an ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice and was distinguished as a book of outstanding merit on Bank Street College’s Best Books of the Year list. Visit her online at www.jacquelinedavies.net.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelsey on March 22, 2023

Evan and Jessi Treski are back in this 6th installment of the Lemonade War series. Summer brings new challenges for each of the siblings. Jessie is headed to Summer Fun Exploration Camp where she's stuck in "How to Make and Decorate Fairy Houses" instead of the bridge building engineering session sh......more

Goodreads review by Josephine on November 06, 2022

Installment number six in The Lemonade Wars saga… Evan and Jessie Treski have waged a lemonade war, sought justice in a class trial, unmasked a bell thief, and created a professional magic show. And now they seem to be, being singled out this summer for reasons beyond their control. Evan is the Natura......more

Goodreads review by Marie on March 04, 2024

Good read.... Created some opportunities to discuss bullying. I enjoyed listening to this series with my 10 year old. I think she learned quite a bit. It provides insight into the way different people think and builds empathy for those not just like us. It has a lot of interpersonal relationships and......more

Goodreads review by Julie on October 30, 2022

With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early copy in return for an honest review. 4.5 stars for The Bridge Battle. As a teacher I absolutely love finding books with great tie-ins to the classroom/standards. This book would be a great start to a unit on bridges and the illustrations make it......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on November 08, 2023

We have loved this whole series. This is a perfect middle grade series that so accurately captures this age, school relationships, and sibling interactions. I do wish this book had addressed some of the fallout of the previous book and the choices the father made. I thought this was an excellent rep......more

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