| The Wild Book Contributor(s): Engle, Margarita (Author) |
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ISBN: 0544022750 ISBN-13: 9780544022751 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Stories In Verse (see Also Poetry) - Juvenile Fiction | Disabilities & Special Needs - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Caribbean & Latin America |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2011027320 |
| Lexile Measure: 1050 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.1" W x 7.5" (0.25 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Topical - Health & Fitness - Ethnic Orientation - Caribbean & West Indies - Topical - Girl's Interest - Cultural Region - Latin America - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 150161 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fefa struggles with words. She has word blindness, or dyslexia, and the doctor says she will never read or write. Every time she tries, the letters jumble and spill off the page, leaping away like bullfrogs. How will she ever understand them? But her mother has an idea. She gives Fefa a blank book filled with clean white pages. Think of it as a garden, she says. Soon Fefa starts to sprinkle words across the pages of her wild book. She lets her words sprout like seedlings, shaky at first, then growing stronger and surer with each new day. And when her family is threatened, it is what Fefa has learned from her wild book that saves them. |
Contributor Bio(s): Engle, Margarita: - Margarita Engle is a Cuban-American poet and novelist whose work has been published in many countries. Her many acclaimed books include Silver People, The Lightning Dreamer, The Wild Book, and The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor Book. She is a several-time winner of the Pura Belpré and Américas awards, as well as other prestigious honors. She lives with her husband in Northern California. For more information, visit www.margaritaengle.com. |