Matylda, bright & tender

Resource Information

The work Matylda, bright & tender represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Matylda, bright & tender

Statement of responsibility

Holly M. McGhee

Title variation

• Matylda, bright and tender
• Matilda, bright and tender

Creator

• trueMcGhee, Holly M

Author

• trueMcGhee, Holly M

Subject

• Best friends -- Juvenile fiction
• trueElectronic books
• Fiction
• Friendship
• Friendship -- Fiction
• Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
• Grief
• Grief -- Fiction
• Grief -- Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile works
• Leopard geckos as pets
• Best friends
• Leopard geckos as pets -- Juvenile fiction
• Stealing -- Fiction
• Theft
• Theft -- Juvenile fiction
• Leopard geckos as pets -- Fiction
• Best friends -- Fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Juvenile works
• Fiction
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

• Struggling to hold on to Guy and love their pet gecko enough for the both of them after a devastating accident, Sussy begins stealing from the pet store
• After a trip to the pet store, fourth-graders Sussy and Guy bring home a spotted lizard, and they name her Matylda (with a 'y' so it's all her own). With Guy leading the way, they feed her and give her an origin story fit for a warrior lizard. A few weeks later, on a simple bike ride, there is a terrible accident. As hard as it is, Sussy is sure she can hold on to Guy if she can find a way to love Matylda enough. Eventually Sussy must discover what it means to grieve and heal and hope and go on, for her own sake and Matylda's

Cataloging source

TEFOD

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

LC call number

PZ7.1.M42137

LC item number

Mat 2017eb

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

pre adolescent