| My Life Before Me Contributor(s): McClintock, Norah (Author) |
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ISBN: 145980662X ISBN-13: 9781459806627 Publisher: Orca Book Publishers OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Young Adult Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2015935517 |
| Lexile Measure: 680 |
| Series: Secrets |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.57" W x 8.26" (0.74 lbs) 264 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 182302 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Cady has always wanted to be a reporter, like her hero Nellie Bly, so after a fire burns down the orphanage she lives in, she's ready to leave small-town Ontario and make her mark as a newspaperwoman. A crumbling newspaper clipping leads her to Orrenstown, Indiana, where her investigation into a long-ago murder earns her a hard lesson in race relations. Smart and determined, and more than a little headstrong, Cady pokes a stick into a wasp's nest of lies, dirty politics, corrupt law enforcement and racial tension--and ends up fearing for her life as she closes in on something she's never cared about before--the truth about her own origins. Part of the SECRETS--a series of seven linked novels that can be read in any order. |
Contributor Bio(s): McClintock, Norah: - Norah McClintock won the Crime Writers of Canada's Arthur Ellis Award for crime fiction for young people five times. She wrote more than sixty YA novels, including contributions to Seven (the series), the Seven Sequels and the Secrets series. |