| Eli the Good Contributor(s): House, Silas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0763652881 ISBN-13: 9780763652883 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Young Adult Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 950 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.54" W x 8.22" (0.60 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 134377 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In his YA debut, a best-selling novelist revisits a summer of tumult and truth for a young narrator and his war-torn family. Available in paperback with a discussion guide For ten-year-old Eli Book, the summer of 1976 is the one that threatened to tear his family apart. There is his distant mother; his traumatized Vietnam vet dad; his wild sister; his former war protester aunt; and his tough yet troubled best friend, Edie, the only person with whom he can be himself. As tempers flare and his father's nightmares rage, Eli cannot escape the current of conflict. From Silas House comes a tender look at the complexities of childhood and the realities of war -- a novel filled with nostalgic detail and a powerful sense of place. |