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The glass castle : a memoir
Jeannette Walls.
New York : Scribner, c2005.
288 p. ; 24 cm.

Best Books:

Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2005 ; American Library Association-Booklist; United States
Public Library Catalog, Supplement to the 12th Edition, 2006 ; H.W. Wilson; United States
Senior High Core Collection, Seventeenth Edition, 2007 ; The H. W. Wilson Co.; United States
Senior High School Library Catalog, Sixteenth Edition, 2006 Supplement, 2006 ; H.W. Wilson Company; United States

Awards, Honors, Prizes:

Alex Awards, 2006 Winner United States
Garden State Teen Book Award, 2008 Winner Non Fiction Grades 6-12 New Jersey

State and Provincial Reading Lists:

Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award, 2008 ; Nominee; Illinois
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, 2008-2009 ; Nominee; Indiana
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award, 2008 ; Nominee; Washington
Florida Teens Read, 2007-2008 ; Nominee; Florida
Garden State Teen Book Award, 2008 ; Nominee; Non Fiction Grades 6-12; New Jersey
Green Mountain Book Award, 2007-2008 ; Nominee; Vermont
Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award, 2009-2010 ; Nominee; Young Adult; Pennsylvania

Reading Measurement Programs:


Accelerated Reader
Interest Level Upper Grade
Book Level 5.9
Accelerated Reader Points 12

Lexile, MetaMetrics, Inc.
Lexile Measure 1010

Reading Counts-Scholastic
Interest Level High School
Reading Level 7
Title Point Value 22
Lexile Measure 1010

Subjects:

Walls, Jeannette.
Children of alcoholics--United States Biography.
Children of alcoholics--West Virginia--Welch Biography.
Problem families--United States Case studies.
Problem families--West Virginia--Welch Case studies.
Poor--West Virginia--Welch Biography.
Homeless persons--New York (State)--New York--Family relationships.
LanguageCall NumberLCCNDewey DecimalISBN/ISSN
English (eng) HV5132 .W35 2005
2004058907 362.82/092
B
0743247531
9780743247535
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