Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra Contributor(s): Lichtman, Wendy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061229571 ISBN-13: 9780061229572 Publisher: Greenwillow Books OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: Eighth-grader Tess finds that algebra can come in handy in and out of the classroom. She uses it as a secret code in her journal, as shorthand for social status . . . and as a tool to help her solve two mysteries that shes right smack in the middle of. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Young Adult Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Young Adult Fiction | Mysteries & Detective Stories |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 1050 |
Series: Do the Math |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.28" W x 7.58" (0.31 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 115811 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Tess loves math because it's the one subject she can trust--there's always just one right answer, and it never changes. But then she starts algebra and is introduced to those pesky and mysterious variables, which seem to be everywhere in eighth grade. When even your friends and parents can be variables, how in the world do you find out the right answers to the really important questions, like what to do about a boy you like or whom to tell when someone's done something really bad? Will Tess's life ever stop changing long enough for her to figure it all out? |
Contributor Bio(s): Lichtman, Wendy: - Wendy Lichtman writes personal essays for the Washington Post, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Good Housekeeping, among other national publications. She has also written four previous young adult novels, including Do the Math: Secrets, Lies, and Algebra. She holds a degree in mathematics and has tutored public-school students in algebra for several years. When she decided to write about a teenage girl who realizes that some questions have more than one right answer, algebra, with its unknowns and variables, seemed a perfect metaphor. Wendy Lichtman lives in Berkeley, California. |