| The Summer of the Swans Contributor(s): Byars, Betsy (Author), Coconis, Ted (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0140314202 ISBN-13: 9780140314205 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 1981 Annotation: "The longest day in the life of a 14-year-old girl--the summer day her loved, mentally retarded brother is lost, the day she discovers compassion is a friend. A compelling story."--"Publishers Weekly." Newbery Award Book. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 80029187 |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.08" W x 7.78" (0.26 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Seasonal - Summer - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Topical - Family - Topical - Mentally Challenged - Catalog Heading - Classics - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 87 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Newbery Medal Winner All summer Sara Godfrey has fretted over herself, her impossible body, her terrible new haircut. One moment she's elated, the next, she's in tears. And she can't figure out why. Maybe her wildly changing moods are tied to the sudden and unaccountable appearance of the swans, which hold the rapt attention of Charlie, Sara's mentally handicapped brother, who she loves far more than herself these days. In fact, it will be the sudden disappearance of Charlie that will compel Sara to abandon her own small, annoying miseries, and lose herself in searching for him. In her anguish, Sara turns to Joe Melby, whom she has long despised, and together they search through the dense woods and rough fields to find him. Sara knows that she will never be the same again. A compelling story.--Publishers Weekly |