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Life History of a Star
Contributor(s): Easton (Author)

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 ISBN: 0689852703     ISBN-13: 9780689852701
Publisher: Spul - Simon Pulse
OUR PRICE: $10.44  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2016
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Annotation: Kristin Folger feels like she's on another planet. Her body keeps changing shape. Her mother wants her to dress like a girl. Her best friend is dating a weirdo. And no one wants to talk about the ghost in the attic. In the era of Watergate, the Vietnam War, and David Bowie, 14-year-old Kristin navigates the external and internal changes that come at top speed.
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 12-17
Grade Level: 7-12
Lexile Measure: 650(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 4.92" W x 7.08" L (0.41 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 09/09/2002 pg. 71
Kliatt 01/01/2003 pg. 14
Publishers Weekly 09/09/2002
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 51790
Reading Level: 4.7   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Kristin Folger feels like she's on another planet. Her body keeps changing shape. Her mother wants her to dress like a girl. Her best friend's dating a weirdo. And there's a ghost in the attic that no one wants to talk about.
In the era of Watergate, the Vietnam War, and David Bowie, fourteen-year-old Kristin navigates the external and internal changes that come at top speed. The Life History of a Star is Kristin's sometimes comical, sometimes cynical, always thoughtful diary about what her life has been like since the ghost arrived. It takes a lot of time and an unforgettable family therapy session for Kristin to begin to learn who the ghost was -- and who he still is. And where on earth she fits in.
Caught up in the politics of her time and in the middle of a family who doesn't always understand her, Kristin makes a memorable journey through the byways of adolescence -- all the way to the stars and back again.
 
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