| Operation Oleander Contributor(s): Patterson, Valerie O. (Author) |
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ISBN: 054443935X ISBN-13: 9780544439351 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Adoption - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 560 |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.08" W x 7.7" (0.31 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying - Cultural Region - Middle East - Holiday - Independence Day - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 156965 Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Full of detail about Army life, Patterson's elegant prose brings readers deep inside Jess's conflicted point of view." --Publishers Weekly Ninth grader Jess Westmark had the best of intentions when she started Operation Oleander to raise money for a girls' orphanage in Kabul. She named her charity for the flower that grows both in her Florida hometown and in Afghanistan, where her father is deployed. But on one of her father's trips to deliver supplies to the orphans, a car bomb explodes nearby and her father is gravely injured. Worse, her best friend's mother and some of the children are killed. Is this all Jess's fault? |
Contributor Bio(s): Patterson, Valerie O.: - Valerie O. Patterson holds an MFA in Children's Literature from Hollins University, where she twice received the Shirley Henn Award for Creative Scholarship. She has also won a Work-in-Progress Award for her writing from the SCBWI. Valerie is an attorney in her day job and lives with her husband in Leesburg, Virginia. |