Last Summer with Maizon
Last Summer with Maizon
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Last Summer with Maizon

Written by Jacqueline Woodson
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8 - 12
Reading age
144
Page count
620L
Lexile measure
May 27, 2002
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Margaret loves her parents and hanging out with her best friend, Maizon. Then it happens, like a one-two punch, during the summer she turns eleven: first, Margaret’s father dies of a heart attack, and then Maizon is accepted at an expensive boarding school, far away from the city they call home. For the first time in her life, Margaret has to turn to someone who isn’t Maizon, who doesn’t know her heart and her dreams. . . . “Ms. Woodson writes with a sure understanding of the thoughts of young people, offering a poetic, eloquent narrative that is not simply a story of nearly adolescent children, but a mature exploration of grown-up issues: death, racism, independence, the nurturing of the gifted black child and, most important, self-discovery.”(The New York Times)

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friendshipculturedeathNew Yorkgirls and womenNortheast United States

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Race, Ethnicities, & Nationalities

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780698119291
    Publication Date
    May 27, 2002
    Publisher
    Nancy Paulsen Books
    Original Publication Date
    January 1, 1990
    Page Count
    144
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    50073042
    Lexile® Level
    620L
    Scholastic Level
    Q
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~O
    ATOS® Book Level
    4
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    3
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    47487
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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