NewsPrints
NewsPrints
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NewsPrints

Written and illustrated by Ru Xu
Book #1 in the NewsPrints Series
Paperback
$12.99
$12.08
8 - 12
Reading age
202
Page count
36
Words per page
GN330L
Lexile measure
Jan 31, 2017
Publication date

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A gorgeous, provocative debut graphic novel about the power of friendship and finding the courage to be one’s true self.Blue is an orphan who disguises herself as a newsboy. There’s a war going on, and girls are expected to help the struggling economy by selling cookies. But Blue loves living and working at the Bugle, the only paper in town that tells the truth. And what’s printed in the newspapers now matters more than ever.But Blue struggles with her secret, and worries that if her friends and adopted family at the Bugle find out that she’s a girl, she’ll lose everything and everyone she cares about. And when she meets and befriends Crow, a boy who is also not what he seems, together they seek the freedom to be their true selves… and to save each other.

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Topics

identitysecretsnews and reportingorphanscoming of agemulticulturalwar and its effectsfriendshipself-discovery

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780545803120
    Publication Date
    January 31, 2017
    Publisher
    Graphix
    Original Publication Date
    January 31, 2017
    Page Count
    202
    Words Per Page
    36
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2016938202
    Lexile® Level
    GN330L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~J
    ATOS® Book Level
    2.6
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    1
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    187905
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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