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After the dancing days
Margaret I. Rostkowski.
New York, N.Y. : Harper & Row, c1986.
217 p. ; 24 cm.

Annotations:

A forbidden friendship with a badly disfigured soldier in the aftermath of World War I forces thirteen-year-old Annie to redefine the word "hero" and to question conventional ideas of patriotism.

Best Books:

Middle And Junior High School Library Catalog, Eighth Edition, 2000 ; H.W. Wilson; United States
Recommended Literature: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve, 2002 ; California Department of Education; California
Young Adults' Choices, 1988 ; International Reading Association; United States

Awards, Honors, Prizes:

Golden Kite Award, 1986 Award Book Fiction United States
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, 1987 Honor Book United States

State and Provincial Reading Lists:

California Young Reader Medal, 1989 ; Nominee; Middle School/Junior High; California
Utah Children's Book Awards, 1988 ; Nominee; Children's Fiction; Utah
Utah Children's Book Awards, 1991 ; Nominee; Young Adult; Utah
Voice of Youth Award, 2002-2003 ; Nominee; 7th and 8th Grade; Illinois

Reading Measurement Programs:


Accelerated Reader
Interest Level Middle Grade
Book Level 3.8
Accelerated Reader Points 8
Accelerated Vocabulary

Reading Counts-Scholastic
Interest Level 6-8
Reading Level 6
Title Point Value 14
Lexile Measure 650

Subjects:

World War, 1914-1918--United States--Fiction.
Heroes--Fiction.
People with disabilities Fiction.
Imprints 20th century 1986
Juvenile literature--New York (N.Y.)--1986.
LanguageCall NumberLCCNDewey DecimalISBN/ISSN
English (eng) PZ7.R7237 Af 1986
85045810 [Fic]
0060250771 : $13.95
006025078X (lib. bdg.) : $13.89
9780060250775
9780060250782
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