Interest Level
Grades 6 - 8
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 6.1
Lexile Measure®: 750L
DRA: 60
Guided Reading: Y
Genre
- Realistic Fiction
Theme/Subject
- Confronting and Resolving Fears
- Disabilities
- Extended Families
- Tolerance and Acceptance
- Mental Health
- Prejudice and Tolerance Experiences
- Understanding Self and Others
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About This Book
Hattie Owen enjoys the familiarity of her small town life, but during the summer she turns 12, her world is turned upside down with the arrival of an uncle no one has ever spoken about. Now that Hattie's uncle's "school" — an institution for the mentally disabled — is closing, Hattie's family must deal with a childlike young man whose existence they've denied for years."Hearts will go out to both Hattie and Adam as they step outside the confines of their familiar world to meet some painful challenges." — Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Wonderfully real characters and an engrossing plot . . . evocative." — School Library Journal, Starred ReviewAbout the Authors or Illustrators
The author of best-selling tween-pleasing Babysitter Club books, this Award-winning author also wrote the Main Street series, A Dog's Life, the historical novels Belle Teal and Here Today, and the Newbery Honor book A Corner of the Universe. Working with others authors, Ann co-wrote P.S. Longer Letter Later and Snail Mail No More, with Paula Danziger, and The Doll People, with Laura Godwin.
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