A Corner of the Universe
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Ann Martin’s phenomenal Newbery Honor book, now in paperback.The summer Hattie turns 12, her predictable small-town life is turned on end when her uncle Adam returns home for the first time in over 10 years. Hattie has never met him, never known about him. He’s been institutionalized; his condition involves schizophrenia and autism.Hattie, a shy girl who prefers the company of adults, takes immediately to her excitable uncle, even when the rest of the family – her parents and grandparents – have trouble dealing with his intense way of seeing the world. And Adam, too, sees that Hattie is special, that her quiet, shy ways are not a disability, .
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Ann M. Martin is the author of Ten Rules for Living with My Sister, Ten Good and Bad Things About My Life, Everything for a Dog, and Missy Piggle-Wiggle and the Whatever Cure. She won a Newbery Honor Award for A Corner of the Universe, and is the author of the beloved Baby-Sitters Club series. She lives in upstate New York.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780439388818
- Publication Date
- January 1, 2004
- Publisher
- Scholastic Inc.
- Page Count
- 189
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 9 - 12 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2001057611
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 48536634
- Lexile® Level
- 750L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~R
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.5
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 6
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 63410
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- UG
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