| The Education of Robert Nifkin Contributor(s): Pinkwater, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618552081 ISBN-13: 9780618552085 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2005 Annotation: Set in 1950s Chicago and conveyed in the form of a college essay, Robert Nifkin details his journey from a mind-numbing high school that smells to the curriculum-free carnival of a private school ruled by bohemians, beatniks, and freaks. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family) - Young Adult Fiction | School & Education - Boarding School & Prep School - Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97032332 |
| Lexile Measure: 890 |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.04" W x 7.3" (0.33 lbs) 178 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950's - Geographic Orientation - Illinois - Locality - Chicago, Illinois - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 87377 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Education of Robert Nifkin is the education of a beatnik. Set in 1950s Chicago and conveyed in the form of a college essay, Robert Nifkin details his journey from a mind-numbing high school that smells to the curriculum-free carnival of a private school ruled by bohemians, beatniks, and freaks. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pinkwater, Daniel Manus: - Daniel Pinkwater lives with his wife, the illustrator and novelist Jill Pinkwater, and several dogs and cats in a very old farmhouse in New York's Hudson River Valley. Pinkwater, Daniel: -Daniel Pinkwater lives with his wife, the illustrator and novelist Jill Pinkwater, and several dogs and cats in a very old farmhouse in New York's Hudson River Valley. |