| Finding Someplace Contributor(s): Patrick, Denise Lewis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250079829 ISBN-13: 9781250079824 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 680 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.5" (0.35 lbs) 224 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 176323 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Reesie Boone just knows that thirteen is going to be her best year yet-this will be the year she makes her very first fashion design on her Ma Maw's sewing machine. She'll skip down the streets of New Orleans with her best friends, Ayanna and Orlando, and everyone will look at her in admiration. But on Reesie's birthday, everything changes. Hurricane Katrina hits her city. Stranded at home alone, Reesie takes refuge with her elderly neighbor, Miss Martine. The waters rise. They escape in a boat. And soon Reesie is reunited with her family. But her journey back home has only begun. Finding Someplace by Denise Lewis Patrick is a story of a family putting itself back together, and a young girl learning to find herself. A Christy Ottaviano Book |
Contributor Bio(s): Patrick, Denise Lewis: - Denise Lewis Patrick has written more than twenty books for children. Before writing full-time, she worked in publishing as a staff writer and editor. Denise has been telling stories since she was eight years old. She remembers, as a child, binding her hand-written manuscripts with a needle and thread to create her very own books. |