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Flip-Flop Girl
Contributor(s): Paterson, Katherine (Author)

ISBN: 0140376798 ISBN-13: 9780140376791
Publisher: Puffin Books

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 1996
Annotation: Uprooted following the death of their father, nine-year-old Vinnie and her five-year-old brother, Mason, cope in different ways--one in silence--but both with the help of Lupe, the flip-flop girl.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 93031591

Age Level: 8-12

Grade Level: 3-7

Lexile Measure: 720(Not Available)

Guided Reading: U (Grade 5)

Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.24" W x 7.7" L (0.23 lbs) 128 pages

Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/12/1996

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 10244
Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Written by Newbery Medalist, National Book Award winner, and Laura Ingalls Wilder Award recipient, and author of Bridge to Terabithia.

Vinnie Matthews needs a real lifesaver--on that will bring her father back to life and let her family go home. Living with Grandma means having to be responsible for her little brother, Mason, who refuses to speak, and ignoring the kids who ask why he's so crazy. Then Vinnie meets Lupe, the mysterious flip-flop girl who only wears orange flip-flops on her feet. Lupe is strong, confisent, and even more of an outsact than Vinnie. She's just teh type of friends Vinnie needs, if only Vinnie can ignore the rumora about Lupe's past.

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