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Half a World Away
Contributor(s): Kadohata, Cynthia (Author)
ISBN: 1442412755     ISBN-13: 9781442412750
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
OUR PRICE:   $16.19  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2014
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Adoption
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Depression & Mental Illness
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2013031627
Lexile Measure: 670
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.8" W x 8.3" (0.75 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Topical - Adoption
- Topical - Family
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 168464
Reading Level: 4.7   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher Description:
A kid who considers himself an epic fail discovers the transformative power of love when he deals with adoption in this novel from Cynthia Kadohata, winner of the Newbery Medal and the National Book Award.

Eleven-year-old Jaden is adopted, and he knows he's an "epic fail.' That's why his family is traveling to Kazakhstan to adopt a new baby--to replace him, he's sure. And he gets it. He is incapable of stopping his stealing, hoarding, lighting fires, aggressive running, and obsession with electricity. He knows his parents love him, but he feels...nothing.

But when they get to Kazakhstan, it turns out the infant they've travelled for has already been adopted, and literally within minutes are faced with having to choose from six other babies. While his parents agonize, Jaden is more interested in the toddlers. One, a little guy named Dimash, spies Jaden and barrels over to him every time he sees him. Jaden finds himself increasingly intrigued by and worried about Dimash. Already three years old and barely able to speak, Dimash will soon age out of the orphanage, and then his life will be as hopeless as Jaden feels now. For the first time in his life, Jaden actually feels something that isn't pure blinding fury, and there's no way to control it, or its power.

From camels rooting through garbage like raccoons, to eagles being trained like hunting dogs, to streets that are more pothole than pavement, Half a World Away is Cynthia Kadohata's latest spark of a novel.


Contributor Bio(s): Kadohata, Cynthia: - Cynthia Kadohata is the author of the Newbery Medal-winning book Kira-Kira, the National Book Award winner The Thing About Luck, the Jane Addams Peace Award and PEN America Award winner Weedflower, Cracker!, Outside Beauty, A Million Shades of Gray, Half a World Away, Place to Belong, and several critically acclaimed adult novels, including The Floating World. She lives with her dog and hockey-playing son in Los Angeles, California. Visit her online at CynthiaKadohata.com.