Picture Perfect Contributor(s): Alphin, Elaine Marie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822505355 ISBN-13: 9780822505358 Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (R) OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: When his best friend vanishes, Ian sets out to discover what happened. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2002154241 |
Lexile Measure: 800 |
Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.83" W x 8.59" (0.87 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - California - Topical - Friendship - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Topical - Death/Dying |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 74405 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: When Ian Slater's best friend, Teddy, suddenly vanishes, it's up to Ian to find out what happened. He and Teddy were supposed to take photographs together on the day Teddy disappeared--but Teddy never showed up. Rumors are flying, and everyone looks to Ian for answers. Has Teddy run away, searching for the father he's never met? Or has something more sinister happened? Ian doesn't know, and he can't quite remember everything that happened the day Teddy vanished. On top of that, he keeps having terrifying dreams and hearing strange voices. People are starting to say he's acting strangely, and the sheriff keeps questioning him. As Ian tries to hold it all together and search for clues to Teddy's disappearance, he strives to present those around him with the picture of a normal kid. But the more he finds out, the less he understands. How well does he really know Teddy? How well does he even know himself? |
Contributor Bio(s): Alphin, Elaine Marie: - Since her first novel for young readers appeared in 1991, Elaine Marie Alphin published 27 books for young people and one for adults (about writing for young people). Elaine wrote for readers of all ages, from Davy Crockett in Lerner's History Makers series for beginning readers up through teenage mysteries such as Counterfeit Son, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult mystery. Elaine loved research, and that love impacted all of her writing, from biographies for middle grade readers like I Have Not Yet Begun To Fight: A Story About John Paul Jones in the Creative Minds series through young adult fiction such as the history-inspired mystery, The Perfect Shot to the stand-alone nonfiction young adult book An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frank. |