| The Absolute Value of Mike Contributor(s): Erskine, Kathryn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142421014 ISBN-13: 9780142421017 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 610 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.45 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 143788 Reading Level: 3.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the author of Mockingbird, a National Book Award winner Mike tries so hard to please his father, but the only language his dad seems to speak is calculus. And for a boy with a math learning disability, nothing could be more difficult. When his dad sends him to live with distant relatives in rural Pennsylvania for the summer to work on an engineering project, Mike figures this is his big chance to prove himself. But when he gets there, nothing is what he thought it would be. Instead of an engineering assignment, he finds himself part of a town-wide project to adopt a boy from Romania while working alongside his wacky eighty-something-year-old aunt, a homeless man, and a punk-rock girl. Mike might not learn anything about engineering, but what he does learn is far more valuable. |