| Defiance Contributor(s): Hobbs, Valerie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312535813 ISBN-13: 9780312535810 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: In this honest and life-affirming novel for young readers, an unforgettable 11-year-old boy who has cancer learns about the importance of letting things happen on their own and listening to his heart. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living - Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Country Life |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 640 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.1" W x 7.4" (0.25 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Topical - Death/Dying - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 100506 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Eleven-year-old Toby Steiner wants to do normal things on his vacation. He wants to hike and race his bike down the hill. He wants to learn to fish out on the lake. He doesn't want to return to the children's hospital where his painful cancer treatment finally ended. When Toby starts spending time with Pearl, a spunky old woman who lives on a nearby farm, and Blossom, her broken-down cow, he sees all the more reason to keep the new lump on his side a secret from his parents. From Pearl he discovers the beauty of poetry, and from Blossom he just might uncover the meaning of life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hobbs, Valerie: - Valerie Hobbs is the recipient of the 1999 PEN/Norma Klein Award, a biennial prize that recognizes "an emerging voice of literary merit among American writers of children's fiction." She is the author of young adult and middle-grade novels including Sheep, Defiance, Anything but Ordinary, and The Last Best Days of Summer. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from the University of California at Santa Barbara, where she has taught academic writing. Valerie lives in Santa Barbara, California, with her husband. |