| Claiming Georgia Tate Contributor(s): Amateau, Gigi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0763633119 ISBN-13: 9780763633110 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: With a vivid narrative voice and an extraordinary cast of characters, a first-time author tells an unflinching and unforgettable tale of a sensitive 12-year-old girl caught in the trauma of incestuous abuse. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Physical & Emotional Abuse (see Also Social Themes - Sexual - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 880 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.5" W x 7.82" (0.44 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 89066 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's rare and exciting to discover a talented new writer like Gigi Amateau. -- Judy Blume Twelve-year-old Georgia Tate wishes she could stay home in Mississippi forever with her preacher granddaddy and her best friend Ginger. After losing her nana to a heart attack, she desperately wishes she could tell her granddaddy why she can't possibly move in with Daddy -- about the things he does that make her feel so ashamed. With a vivid narrative voice, Gigi Amateau tells an unflinching tale of a sensitive girl caught in the trauma of incestuous abuse. But it is also a story of survival -- an ode to the solace of family, the mercy of strangers, and the possibility of hope and healing. |