What I Call Life Contributor(s): Wolfson, Jill (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312377525 ISBN-13: 9780312377526 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: On "just a temporary detour from what I call life," Cal finds herself in a group home watched over by a strange old woman called the Knitting Lady. Cal can think of nothing but how to get out of this nuthouse, but it turns out that they all have more in common than they imagined. Illustrations. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 630 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.65 lbs) 288 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 102633 Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Saddled with an unfortunately long name by her eccentric mom, Carolina Agnes London Indiana Florence Ohio Renee Naomi Ida Alabama Lavender just goes by Cal to keep things simple. Cal Lavender is perfectly happy living her anonymous life, even if she does have to play mother to her own mother a whole lot more than an eleven-year-old should. But when Cal's mom has one of her unfortunate episodes in the middle of the public library, she is whisked off by the authorities and Cal is escorted to a seat in the back of a police car. On just a short, temporary detour from what I call life, Cal finds herself in a group home with four other girls, watched over by a strange old woman everyone refers to as the Knitting Lady. At first Cal can think of nothing but how to get out of this nuthouse. She knows she doesn't belong there. But it turns out that all the girls, and even the Knitting Lady, may have a lot more in common than they could have imagined. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wolfson, Jill: - Jill Wolfson is the author of the novel What I Call Life. Her writing has also appeared in Salon and the San Jose Mercury News. She lives in Santa Cruz, California. |