| Looking for Red Contributor(s): Johnson, Angela (Author) |
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ISBN: 0689863888 ISBN-13: 9780689863882 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2003 Annotation: From a two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author comes the story of Mike, short for Michaela, whose brother, Red, suddenly dies. Mike will have to come to terms with life without Red, or risk never finding comfort in what remains of the times they once shared. Original. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001042846 |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 4.26" W x 6.96" (0.16 lbs) 116 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 59381 Reading Level: 4.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Twelve-year-old Mike -- short for Michaela -- loves the ocean. The sights, sounds, and smells of her coastal home are embedded in her very soul. But Michaela loves her brother, Red, even more. Then one day Red disappears. One minute he's there, the next...gone. No warning. No time to prepare. And Mike must come to terms with that loss or risk never finding comfort in what remains of the life she and her brother once shared. |
Contributor Bio(s): Johnson, Angela: - Angela Johnson has won three Coretta Scott King Awards, one each for her novels The First Part Last, Heaven, and Toning the Sweep. The First Part Last was also the recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award. She is also the author of the novels Looking for Red and A Certain October. Her books for younger readers include the Coretta Scott King Honor Book When I Am Old with You, illustrated by David Soman; Wind Flyers and I Dream of Trains, both illustrated by Loren Long; and Lottie Paris Lives Here and its sequel Lottie Paris and the Best Place, both illustrated by Scott M. Fischer. Additional picture books include A Sweet Smell of Roses, Just Like Josh Gibson, The Day Ray Got Away, and All Different Now. In recognition of her outstanding talent, Angela was named a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. She lives in Kent, Ohio. Visit her at AJohnsonAuthor.com. |