| Help Me, Jacques Cousteau Contributor(s): Adamson, Gil (Author) |
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ISBN: 0887847994 ISBN-13: 9780887847998 Publisher: House of Anansi Press OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 920 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 138434 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With her multiple-award-winning, bestselling, and critically acclaimed novel The Outlander, Gil Adamson established herself as one of North America's preeminent fiction writers. But ten years before The Outlander Adamson published another book of fiction with a small press, and writers, readers, and critics immediately sat up and took note. With this new updated edition, Adamson's fascinating portrait of a young woman's coming of age is ready for readers once again. Help Me, Jacques Cousteau presents the life and times of Hazel, who is born into an extraordinary family alongside her brother Andrew. Hazel's experiences, at once odd and completely believable, involve a diverse cast of family members who share only one thing: a penchant for eccentric behavior. In portraying a strange, compelling, dysfunctional family, Adamson demonstrates her powerful prose style, uniquely combining a scientist's loving attention to detail, a comic's unerring delivery, and a poet's sublime ear. |