Joel Johnstone
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"During the 1967 school year, on Wednesday afternoons when all his classmates go to either Catechism or Hebrew school, seventh-grader Holling Hoodhood stays in Mrs. Baker's classrooom, where they read the plays of William Shakespeare and Holling learns much of value about the world he lives in."--T.p. verso.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 9
Appears on list
Description
When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Formats
Description
When his mother leaves to live with another man, nine-year-old Jeremy faces his own pain and loss, his father's depression and sister's distance, the pity of friends and strangers, and his father's remarriage two years later, finding solace in fishing and his artwork.
.png)