| Who Owns Kelly Paddik? Contributor(s): Goobie, Beth (Author) |
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ISBN: 1551432390 ISBN-13: 9781551432397 Publisher: Orca Book Publishers OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: I pushed open the car door, dug my feet into the ground, and made a run for it. Behind me, I heard my social worker start yelling. At the driveway entrance the huge iron gate still stood open. I had to get away--that was all I could think about. I was through the gate, and there was the street ahead of me. Everything in me pulled together and began to run, fast as my heart was beating, faster. Kelly Paddik is locked up. Sent to a secure facility because she is a "danger to herself, " Kelly wants only to escape. But her painful past continues to haunt her until she is forced to face up to the most painful memory of all. A searing look at one girl's struggle for self-respect. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Physical & Emotional Abuse (see Also Social Themes - Sexual - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Suicide |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002115795 |
| Lexile Measure: 580 |
| Series: Orca Soundings (Quality) |
| Physical Information: 0.27" H x 4.26" W x 7.18" (0.16 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 67489 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kelly Paddik is locked up. Sent to a secure facility because she is a danger to herself, Kelly wants only to escape. But her painful past continues to haunt her until she is forced to face up to the most painful memory of all. A searing look at one girl's struggle for self respect. |
Contributor Bio(s): Goobie, Beth: - Beth Goobie grew up in a family in which the appearance of a normal childhood hid many secrets. She moved away to attend university, became a youth residential treatment worker and studied creative writing at the University of Alberta. She is the award-winning author of over twenty novels, including The Pain Eater, The Lottery, the CLA Award-winning Before Wings, and the adult novel The First Principles of Dreaming. Beth makes her home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. |