A Summer to Die Contributor(s): Lowry, Lois (Author), Oliver, Jenni (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0544668413 ISBN-13: 9780544668416 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Siblings - Young Adult Fiction | Horror - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 800 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" (0.35 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest - Seasonal - Summer - Topical - Death/Dying - Topical - Girl's Interest - Event - Summer |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 790 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Thirteen-year-old Meg and her sister Molly couldn't be more different. Molly is beautiful and popular, and Meg is brainy and introverted. Accepting these differences has always been difficult for Meg. When Molly falls ill, however, Meg must learn not only to accept Molly and her life, but to accept death. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lowry, Lois: - Lois Lowry is the author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the New York Times bestselling Giver Quartet and popular Anastasia Krupnik series. She has received countless honors, among them the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award, the California Young Reader's Medal, and the Mark Twain Award. She received Newbery Medals for two of her novels, Number the Stars and The Giver. Her first novel, A Summer to Die, was awarded the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Ms. Lowry lives in Maine. |