Far from Fair
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Chapter Book · Ages 10–12 · 2016 · Est. 4 hour read

Far from Fair

By Elana K. Arnold

A road trip reveals unexpected truths and challenges fairness in life.

3.9/5 Goodreads · 452 ratings
240 pages· 37,346 words· Est. 4 hour read
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Odette's life feels unfair as her family embarks on a road trip in a cramped RV. Leaving California, she faces the chaos of sharing space and a single phone with her family. But the real challenge awaits at Grandma Sissy's house, where Odette confronts deeper issues of terminal illness and the right to die. Can she find a way to make things right in a world that seems so unfair? This journey tests her resilience and understanding of life's complexities, raising questions about fairness and family bonds.

From the publisher

Odette Zyskowski has a list: Things That Aren’t Fair. At the top of the list is her parents’ decision to take the family on the road in an ugly RV they’ve nicknamed the Coach. There’s nothing fair about leaving California and living in the cramped Coach with her par­ents and exasperating younger brother, sharing one stupid cell phone among the four of them. And there’s definitely nothing fair about what they find when they reach Grandma Sissy’s house, hundreds of miles later. Most days it seems as if everything in Odette’s life is far from fair. Is there a way for her to make things right? With warmth and sensitivity, Elana K. Arnold makes the difficult topics of terminal illness and the right to die accessible to young readers.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
240
Words
37,346
Reading age
10–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
860L
Themes & topics
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
5.2
F&P level
~T
AR points
6
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
181295
Publication
Published
March 8, 2016
Publisher
Clarion Books
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780544602274

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