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Can I read The Matchbox Diary on EtoBox?
The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman; Bagram Ibatoulline is a children's book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Matchbox Diary about?
"Pick whatever you like most. Then Ill tell you its story." When a little girl visits her great-grandfather at his curio-filled home, she chooses an unusual object to learn about: an old cigar box. What she finds inside surprises her: a collection of matchboxes making up her great-grandfathers diary, harboring objects she can hold in her hand, each one evoking a memory. Together they tell of his journey from Italy to a new country, before he could read and write the olive pit his mother gave him to suck on when there wasnt enough food; a bottle cap he saw on his way to the boat; a ticket still retaining the thrill of his first baseball game.
Who reads The Matchbox Diary?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Paul Fleischman; Bagram Ibatoulline
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press (MA)
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781518133121
- Category
- children's
- Subjects
- Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile
- Rating
- 4.24 / 5 (2,025 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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