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| Off and Running | 
 enlarge | Author: Gary Soto
Publisher: Yearling
Category: Book
List Price: $4.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1421276
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 0.2
ISBN: 0440414326
EAN: 9780440414322
ASIN: 0440414326
Publication Date: December 1, 1997
Release Date: November 10, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Catch election fever when fifth grader Miata Ramirez runs for president against school prankster, Rudy Herrera. Miata and her running mate, Ana, mean business. But the boys are loud and get attention. With time running out, the girls try to think of how to quickly change their image before the election.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Julia - Farmersville, CA February 18, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Off and Running is about Miata, a girl who wants to be president of her school. She is running against Rudy. She wants to win to make the school a better place but Rudy only wants to do things that are not going to help the school. This is really a great book. I think you should read this book to find out who will win. It is funny.
Miguel - Farmersville, CA February 18, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a good story. I hope you like it when you read it. I did. I would read it again and again. I am not going to give away the ending for you. I will only tell you that it is about a girl who wants to be class president. Vote for Miata!
 Enjoyable, but lacks convincing suspense May 17, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Off and Running" is a quick read with pleasant characters and vignettes, but although the central event--the election for student body president--should quicken the pulse, it fails to. Everyone is just too nice. Miata, the very serious girl, is portrayed fairly realistically, as are her modest goals if she should be elected (sprucing up the school, creating a "lake of flowers" around it). Her opponent, Rudy, is a buffoon, but not a nasty one, which is not so realistic. No one gets hurt very much, and there are no hard feelings, which, given the intensity of children's emotions, is a little hard to believe. If only it were so simple! Of particular interest is Miata's desire to connect to older, successful politicians, to learn from them.No child will have nightmares from having read this book, and it's possible that it might inspire a little desirable imitation. It's not demanding and will help children maintain reading skills during the summer.
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