| Willowood Contributor(s): Galante, Cecilia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1416980229 ISBN-13: 9781416980223 Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2010 Annotation: A latchkey kid with a fondness for lizards forms a friendship with an adult Down's syndrome man in Cecilia Galante's moving "Willowood." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Pets |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009018789 |
| Lexile Measure: 630 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.45" W x 8.51" (0.77 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Topical - Family - Topical - Mentally Challenged - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 136872 Reading Level: 3.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 7.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: There's nothing ten-year-old Lily Sinclair likes about her new life in the city with her single mom. She misses her best friend, who seems to have forgotten her and their secret place, Willowood. She never sees her mom, who's working long hours at her new job. She's managed to make an enemy of the class bully. Mrs. Hiller from across the hall, who takes care of Lily after school, keeps preparing yucky healthy snacks for her. And she can't get her mother to tell her anything about her absent father. Her only source of comfort is her beloved pet gecko, Weemis. Everything changes when Mrs. Hiller introduces Lily to the owner of the Pet Palace, a nearby pet store, and his adult Down's syndrome son, Nate Lily finds herself with an unofficial after school job--and forges a tentative friendship with Nate that's threatened by a dark secret about Nate Lily knows nothing about. |
Contributor Bio(s): Galante, Cecilia: - Cecilia Galante received a B.A. in English from King's College, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, Vermont. She lives in Kingston, PA with her husband and three children, and is a faculty member of the Graduate Creative Writing Department at Wilkes University. |