• Justine McKeen vs. the Queen of Mean (Orca Echoes)

Justine McKeen vs. the Queen of Mean
(Orca Echoes)

Illustrator
Dave Whamond
Publication Date
November 01, 2014
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Justine McKeen vs. the Queen of Mean (Orca Echoes)

Description
Justine McKeen is back, and she’s on a deadline. With only days left before Earth Day, Justine enlists the help of her classmates to count flower buds, frogs, spiders and ants in their natural habitat as part of an environmental science project. But there’s a species right in her own classroom that she’ll have to tackle first--a class bully. Savannah Blue, aka the Queen of Mean, criticizes Justine’s secondhand clothes and calls being green a waste of time. Their teacher, Mrs. Howie, gives the girls a new assignment for Earth Day--they must present together to the class on why it’s important to care for the environment. In the sixth book in this bestselling series, Justine is up against her biggest challenge yet--can she convince the Queen of Mean to go green?
Publication date
November 01, 2014
Classification
Fiction
Page Count
-
ISBN-13
9781459803978
Lexile Measure
630
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Series
Orca Echoes
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV039230 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Bullying
JUV029010 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | Environment
Library of Congress categories
Schools
Bullies
Child environmentalists

ALA/Booklist

The plot provides a framework for explaining species interconnectivity, and the back matter includes links to apps and websites for science observers.
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