| Me, the Missing, and the Dead Contributor(s): Valentine, Jenny (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060850701 ISBN-13: 9780060850708 Publisher: Harperteen OUR PRICE: $8.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance - Young Adult Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 950 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.8" W x 7.18" (0.35 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Topical - Self-Esteem |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 124179 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Me: Lucas Swain--I'm nearly sixteen years old and live in London. I was fairly normal until the night I found Violet. Then everything changed. The missing: Dad. He disappeared five years ago. Nobody knows what happened to him, and nobody cares except me. It's enough to drive you crazy. The dead: That's Violet . . . in the urn. Speaking of crazy--I know she's trying to tell me something, and I think it's about my father. . . . I may have met Violet after she died. But it didn't stop me from getting to know her. . . . |
Contributor Bio(s): Valentine, Jenny: - Jenny Valentine worked in a food shop for fifteen years, where she met many extraordinary people and sold more organic bread than there are words in her first book. She studied English literature at Goldsmith's College, which almost made her stop reading but not quite. Her debut novel, Me, the Missing, and the Dead, won the prestigious Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in the UK under the title Finding Violet Park. Jenny is married to a singer/songwriter and has two children. She lives in Hay on Wye, England. |