Zebra Forest Contributor(s): Gewirtz, Adina Rishe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0763660418 ISBN-13: 9780763660413 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2012947251 |
Age Level: 9-12 |
Grade Level: 4-7 |
Lexile Measure: 750(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.8" L (0.75 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Family |
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian |
Awards: Georgia Children's Book Award, Alternate, Children's Book, 2015 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award, Nominee, Junior Book, 2015 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2015 Keystone to Reading Book Award, Nominee, Middle School, 2015 Volunteer State Book Awards, Nominee, Middle School, 2015 Sequoyah Book Awards, Nominee, Intermediate, 2016 |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 02/25/2013 Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2013 Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2013 pg. 100 Booklist 04/01/2013 pg. 82 Shelf Awareness 04/12/2013 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2013 pg. 419 School Library Journal 05/01/2013 pg. 100 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 - Superior,Well Above Average |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 158949 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In an extraordinary debut novel, an escaped fugitive upends everything two siblings think they know about their family, their past, and themselves. When eleven-year-old Annie first started lying to her social worker, she had been taught by an expert: Gran. "If you're going to do something, make sure you do it with excellence," Gran would say. That was when Gran was feeling talkative, and not brooding for days in her room -- like she did after telling Annie and her little brother, Rew, the one thing they know about their father: that he was killed in a fight with an angry man who was sent away. Annie tells stories, too, as she and Rew laze under the birches and oaks of Zebra Forest -- stories about their father the pirate, or pilot, or secret agent. But then something shocking happens to unravel all their stories: a rattling at the back door, an escapee from the prison holding them hostage in their own home, four lives that will never be the same. Driven by suspense and psychological intrigue, Zebra Forest deftly portrays an unfolding standoff of truth against family secrets -- and offers an affecting look at two resourceful, imaginative kids as they react and adapt to the hand they've been dealt. |
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