| Strays Contributor(s): Koertge, Ron (Author) |
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ISBN: 0763627054 ISBN-13: 9780763627058 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: This smart, incisive new novel from master novelist Ron Koertge is a surprising story full of wit and insight about a boy learning to run with a new pack. Sixteen-year-old Ted OUConnor's parents just died in a fiery car crash, and now he's stuck with a set of psycho foster parents. He's having pretty much the worst year of his miserable life--or so he thinks. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance - Young Adult Fiction | Animals - Pets |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007024096 |
| Lexile Measure: 650 |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.62" W x 7.83" (0.70 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age - Topical - Self-Esteem |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 119112 Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By turns insightful, devastatingly funny, and suffused with loneliness . . . this thoughtful novel about the lost and abandoned is a hopeful one, in which some strays find a place to belong. -- Booklist Sixteen-year-old Ted O'Connor's parents just died in a fiery car crash, and now he's stuck with a set of semi-psycho foster parents, two foster brothers -- Astin, the cocky gearhead, and C.W., the sometimes gangsta -- and an inner-city high school full of delinquents. He's having pretty much the worst year of his miserable life. Or so he thinks. Is it possible that becoming an orphan is not the worst thing that could have happened to him? Master novelist Ron Koertge brings his best work yet, a smart, surprising story full of trademark wit and sharp insight about a boy learning to run with a new pack. |