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The Whole Stupid Way We Are
Contributor(s): Griffin, N. (Author)

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ISBN: 1442431555     ISBN-13: 9781442431553
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2013
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family)
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2012002595
Age Level: 14-17
Grade Level: 9-12
Lexile Measure: 590 HL (High-Low)
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" L (0.95 lbs) 368 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Friendship
- Demographic Orientation - Small Town
- Geographic Orientation - Maine
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2012
Publishers Weekly 12/17/2012
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2013 - Reviewed - More Editing Needed
School Library Journal 02/01/2013 pg. 103
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2013 pg. 334
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2013 pg. 129
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 112 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
BookPage 02/01/2013
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 157164
Reading Level: 3.7   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 8.0
 
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Publisher Description:
What happens when everything you've got to give isn't enough to save someone you love?

It's Maine. It's winter. And it's FREEZING STINKIN' COLD Dinah is wildly worried about her best friend, Skint. He won't wear a coat. Refuses to wear a coat. It's twelve degrees out, and he won't wear a coat. So Dinah's going to figure out how to help. That's what Dinah does--she helps. But she's too busy trying to help to notice that sometimes, she's doing more harm than good. Seeing the trees instead of the forest? That's Dinah.

And Skint isn't going to be the one to tell her. He's a helper guy too. He's worried about a little boy whose dad won't let him visit his mom. He's worried about an elderly couple in a too-cold house down the street.

But the wedge between what drives Dinah and what concerns Skint is wide enough for a big old slab of ice. Because Skint's own father is in trouble. Because Skint's mother refuses to ask for help even though she's at her breaking point. And because Dinah might just decide to...help. She thinks she's cracking through a sheet of ice, but what's actually there is an entire iceberg.


Contributor Bio(s): Griffin, N.: - Named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start, N. Griffin received her MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She's the author of the critically acclaimed The Whole Stupid Way We Are and Just Wreck It All, and lives in Seattle, Washington.
 
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