| A Face in Every Window Contributor(s): Nolan, Han (Author) |
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ISBN: 0152064184 ISBN-13: 9780152064181 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: When his grandmother dies, 15-year-old JP's mother starts acting like a teenager, leaving JP to care for his mentally challenged father. Then she wins an old farmhouse and insists they live there--along with some of the neighborhood outcasts. Lost in the chaos of the house, JP doesn't know who he is anymore, or if he matters to either of his parents. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Young Adult Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Depression |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99-14230 |
| Lexile Measure: 850 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 6.7" (0.45 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying - Topical - Mentally Challenged - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 32271 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: After Grandma Mary dies, sixteen-year-old JP's safe, secure world quickly unravels. He finds himself living in complete chaos when his mother wins a farmhouse in an essay contest and insists on sharing her good fortune with other neighborhood outcasts. Suddenly there are no rules, and the house is filled with poets, musicians, a reformed drug addict, an abused teen, and too many others who seem to have replaced JP and his father in his mother's life. JP longs for his family to be restored to what it once was. But then somehow, amid the madness, his idea of family is redefined in ways he never expected. |
Contributor Bio(s): Nolan, Han: - HAN NOLAN is the author of several books, including Dancing on the Edge which won the National Book Award and Send Me Down a Miracle, a National Book Award finalist. She lives with her husband on the East Coast. |