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 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.