Are You Alone on Purpose? Contributor(s): Werlin, Nancy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142407771 ISBN-13: 9780142407776 Publisher: Speak
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 2007 * Out of Print * Annotation: Though fourteen-year-old Alison Shandling is a brain, her twin brother, Adam, is autistic. All of her life, Alison's parents have focused on Adam and what he needs, while Alison has always felt she had to be perfect. When the rabbi's son, Harry Roth, begins taunting Alison about her brother, she does her best to stand up for herself. But when Harry is injured in a diving accident, Alison senses that he's hiding something that he wants to share with someone. And she begins to think that she's just the someone he can share it with.... |
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BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Parents - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Dating & Sex - Young Adult Fiction | Health & Daily Living - Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 2006031227 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 12-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 7-UP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.54" W x 8.22" L (0.45 lbs) 204 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features: Ikids, Price on Product | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quiz #: 116581 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
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Publisher Description: Harry Roth is the bane of Alison shandlings existence. Hes obnoxious and rude, and thinks nothing of taunting brainy Alison or making comments about her autistic twin brother. Alison tries to ignore him, but since she sees him at school and at synagogue, hes hard to avoid. then Harry is injured in a diving accident and winds up in a wheelchair. Now Harry is vulnerable, too, and Alison finds herself inexplicably drawn to him. initially cautious, these unlikely companions begin to understand each other, and their relationship grows first into a friendship and then into something more. . . . |
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