{"product_id":"the-war-with-grandpa-isbn-9780440492764","title":"The War with Grandpa","description":"\u003cb\u003eDon't miss the laugh-out-loud classic about a boy who leaps into battle when he's forced to share a room with his grandfather--now a major motion picture starring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour, Rob Riggle, Cheech Marin, and Oakes Fegley!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Peter is thrilled that Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves right into Peter’s room, forcing him upstairs.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Peter loves his grandpa but wants his room back. He has no choice but to declare war! With the help of his friends, Peter devises outrageous plans to make Grandpa surrender the room. But Grandpa is tougher than he looks. Rather than give in, Grandpa plans to get even.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e They used to be such great pals. Has their war gone too far?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWINNER OF TEN STATE READING AWARDS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN IRA-CBC CHILDREN'S CHOICE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003ePeter tells this story with honesty and humor\u003c\/b\u003e....By the story's end, Peter has learned much about the causes and effects of war--and human dignity.\"-\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The humor of the story derives from Peter's first-person account and from the reader's recognition of Peter's valiant effort to maintain two mutually exclusive emotions.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN IRA-CBC CHILDREN'S CHOICE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eWINNER OF TEN STATE READING AWARDS!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDorothy Canfield Fisher Award (Vermont) South Carolina Children's Book Award\u003cbr\u003eMark Twain Award (Missouri)\u003cbr\u003eGolden Sower Award (Nebraska)\u003cbr\u003eYoung Hoosier Award (Indiana)\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Allen White Award (Kansas)\u003cbr\u003ePacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alberta)\u003cbr\u003eTennessee Children's Choice Award\u003cbr\u003eGeorgia Children's Book Award\u003cbr\u003eAlabama Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003ePeter tells this story with honesty and humor\u003c\/b\u003e....By the story's end, Peter has learned much about the causes and effects of war--and human dignity.\"-\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The   humor of the story derives from Peter's first-person account and from   the reader's recognition of Peter's valiant effort to maintain two   mutually exclusive emotions.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Kimmel Smith\u003c\/b\u003e was an award-winning author who wrote several popular books for children, including \u003ci\u003eChocolate Fever\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe War with Grandpa \u003c\/i\u003eand it's sequel--\u003ci\u003eThe War with Grandma\u003c\/i\u003e--coming soon, \u003ci\u003eBobby Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJelly Belly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMostly Michael\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Squeaky Wheel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Lauter\u003c\/b\u003e illustrated several books for young children, including \u003ci\u003eThe War with Grandpa.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in New Jersey.\u003cb\u003eAn Excerpt from \u003ci\u003eThe War with Grandpa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      This is the true and real story of what happened when Grandpa came to live \u003cbr\u003e      with us and took my room and how I went to war with him and him with me \u003cbr\u003e      and what happened after that. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      I am typing it out on paper without lines on my dad's typewriter because \u003cbr\u003e      Mrs. Klein, she's my 5th grade English teacher, said that we should write \u003cbr\u003e      a story about something important that happened to us and to tell it \"true \u003cbr\u003e      and real\" and put in words that peoples said if we can remember and to put \u003cbr\u003e      quote marks around them and everything....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      My little sister, Jennifer, just came in and asked me what I'm doing and \u003cbr\u003e      I told her....\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \"I think you should begin with me,\" Jenny said, \"because I found out Grandpa \u003cbr\u003e      was coming to live here before you even knew about it.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \"Good idea,\" I said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \"And put in the story that I am very beautiful with long blond hair and \u003cbr\u003e      lovely blue eyes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \"I just did.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      \"Now you'll have a good story,\" she said.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yearling","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300548923621,"sku":"NP9780440492764","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780440492764.jpg?v=1767742127","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-war-with-grandpa-isbn-9780440492764","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}