| Last Summer with Maizon Contributor(s): Woodson, Jacqueline (Author) |
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ISBN: 0698119290 ISBN-13: 9780698119291 Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: From the award-winning author of "Miracle's Boys" comes a story of Margaret and Maizon, two friends who become separated by tragic circumstances. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 620 |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 5.18" W x 7.84" (0.23 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Friendship |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 47487 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Margaret loves her parents and hanging out with her best friend, Maizon. Then it happens, like a one-two punch, during the summer she turns eleven: first, Margaret's father dies of a heart attack, and then Maizon is accepted at an expensive boarding school, far away from the city they call home. For the first time in her life, Margaret has to turn to someone who isn't Maizon, who doesn't know her heart and her dreams. . . . Ms. Woodson writes with a sure understanding of the thoughts of young people, offering a poetic, eloquent narrative that is not simply a story of nearly adolescent children, but a mature exploration of grown-up issues: death, racism, independence, the nurturing of the gifted black child and, most important, self-discovery.(The New York Times) |