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Hey, What's Wrong with This One?

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Hey, What's Wrong with This One? is a 1969 children's novel by Maia Wojciechowska. Written for older elementary school and middle school aged children, the work centers around three brothers and their father in the aftermath of the death of the children's mother.[1]

Plot summary

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Set in Connecticut, Wojciechowska's novel covers the trials of young Mott as he tries to find a new mother for himself and his two brothers, Harley and Davidson.[2] Mott sets his father up on dates with a string of women, but each one has at least one personality quirk his brothers just cannot stand.[1]

Awards

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It won the Georgia Children's Book Award for 1972–3.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Jaqueline Shachter Weiss (1983). "Hey, What's Wrong with This One?". Prizewinning Books for Children: Themes and Stereotypes in U.S. Prizewinning Prose Fiction for Children. Lexington Books. p. 335. ISBN 9780669063523.
  2. ^ Catherine Townsend Horner (1988). "Hey, What's Wrong with This One?". The Single-parent Family in Children's Books: An Annotated Bibliography. Scarecrow Press. p. 283.
  3. ^ "Georgia Children's Book Award Past Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-07-25.