| How to Build a House Ember Edition Contributor(s): Reinhardt, Dana (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375844546 ISBN-13: 9780375844546 Publisher: Rh Childrens Books OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 Annotation: Harper's dad is getting a divorce from her beloved stepmother. Even worse, Harper loses her stepsister, too. Harper decides to escape by joining a volunteer program to build a house for a family in Tennessee who lost their home in a tornado. Can she learn to build back her trust in others? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Marriage & Divorce |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 730 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.04" W x 8.2" (0.42 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Tennessee - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Topical - Divorce |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 122855 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Harper's dad is divorcing her beloved stepmother, Jane. Even worse, Harper has lost her stepsister, Tess. The divorce divides them, just when her best friend Gabriel betrays her. Harper decides to get away for the summer and joins a volunteer program to build a house for a family in Tennesee who lost their home in a tornado. (Not that she knows a thing about building a house.) Soon she's living in a funky motel and laboring long days in blazing heat with a quirky, terrific group of kids. Working alongside Teddy, the son of the family for whom they are building the house, Harper and Teddy's partnership turns into a summer romance. Learning to trust and love Teddy isn't easy for Harper, but it's the first step toward finding her way back home. |