A Good Place for Maggie Contributor(s): Lachtman, Ofelia Dumas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558853723 ISBN-13: 9781558853720 Publisher: Arte Publico Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2002 Annotation: Hoping to escape the lonely house her mother keeps in Los Angeles, Maggie goes to join her grandfather in the isolated town of Twisted Creek. But from the minute Maggie arrives, her new home is a major adjustment. After navigating the neglected road into the town, Maggie discovers a place where there are very few cars, no cell phone reception, no TV, and none of the other modern comforts of home. Maggie is inadvertently drawn into a battle over the progress that she detests back home an the pitfalls of life in an isolated town. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Country Life - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2002070385 |
Age Level: 10-13 |
Grade Level: 5-8 |
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.6" W x 8.48" L (0.44 lbs) 155 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
Review Citations: School Library Journal 12/01/2002 pg. 143 Kliatt 05/01/2003 pg. 18 Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2003 pg. 313 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 65347 Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
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