Reaching for Sun
Reaching for Sun
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Reaching for Sun

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8 - 12
Reading age
144
Page count
72
Words per page
~899L
Lexile measure
Mar 6, 2007
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Josie Wyatt knows what it means to be different. Her family’s small farmhouse seems to shrink each time another mansion grows up behind it. She lives with her career-obsessed mom and opinionated Gran, but has never known her father. Then there’s her cerebral palsy: even if Josie wants to forget that she was born with a disability, her mom can’t seem to let it go. Yet when a strange new boy–Jordan–moves into one of the houses nearby, he seems oblivious to all the things that make Josie different. Before long, Josie finds herself reaching out for something she’s never really known: a friend… and possibly more. Interlinked free verse poems tell the beautiful, heartfelt story of a girl, a family farm reduced to a garden, and a year of unforgettable growth.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781599900377
    Publication Date
    March 6, 2007
    Original Publication Date
    January 1, 2007
    Page Count
    144
    Words Per Page
    72
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2006013197
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    69671842
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~899L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~V
    ATOS® Book Level
    5.8
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    2
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    115269
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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