The Magic Shell

By Nicholasa Mohr

Book Overview

Missing his family home in the Dominican Republic, young Jaime Ramos attempts to make friends in New York City despite his inability to speak English, and his great aunt's gift of a special conch... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590471112
• ISBN13: 9780590471114
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Scholastic, New York
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A book of feelings

My class loved it. The class is well below reading level and despite the difficult words they were motivated to find out what happened next to Jaime. They had empathy for him being a new student unable to speak the language because at one point my students were there. The descriptions and characters were so real, yet their was this imagination piece which kept them going. It led to many discussions about feelings, new students, frustration, and confusion. This was the fastest book they read all year.