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Because I Am Furniture
Contributor(s): Chaltas, Thalia (Author)

ISBN: 0142415103 ISBN-13: 9780142415108
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2010
Annotation: This unflinching debut novel told in verse is about a girl, her family, and the devastating power of silence in an abusive house of horrors.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Novels In Verse
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Physical & Emotional Abuse (see Also Social Themes - Sexual
- Young Adult Fiction | Family - Siblings

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 12-UP

Grade Level: 7-UP

Lexile Measure: 990(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.54" W x 8.24" L (0.75 lbs) 368 pages

Themes:
- Catalog Heading - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary
- Curriculum Strand - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 129805
Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 3.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Anke's father is abusive to her brother and sister. But not to her. Because, to him, she is like furniture-- not even worthy of the worst kind of attention. Then Anke makes the school volleyball team. She loves feeling her muscles after workouts, an ache that reminds her she is real. Even more, Anke loves the confidence that she gets from the sport. And as she learns to call for the ball on the court, she finds a voice she never knew she had. For the first time, Anke is making herself seen and heard, working toward the day she will be able to speak up loud enough to rescue everyone at home-- including herself.

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