The Length of a String
The Length of a String

The Length of a String

$17.99
$16.73
10 - 14
Reading age
384
Page count
178
Words per page
730L
Lexile measure
May 1, 2018
Publication date

Buy from other retailers

What's This Book About

Publisher Summary

Imani is adopted, and she’s ready to search for her birth parents. But when she discovers the diary her Jewish great-grandmother wrote chronicling her escape from Holocaust-era Europe, Imani begins to see family in a new way. Imani knows exactly what she wants as her big bat mitzvah gift: to find her birth parents. She loves her family and her Jewish community in Baltimore, but she has always wondered where she came from, especially since she’s black and almost everyone she knows is white. Then her mom’s grandmother–Imani’s great-grandma Anna–passes away, and Imani discovers an old journal among her books. It’s Anna’s diary from 1941, the year she was twelve and fled Nazi-occupied Luxembourg alone, sent by her parents to seek refuge in Brooklyn, New York. Anna’s diary records her journey to America and her new life with an adoptive family of her own. And as Imani reads the diary, she begins to see her family, and her place in it, in a whole new way.

What Kind of Book is The Length of a String

Reviews

    Book Lists That Include This Book

    The Creative Behind the Book

      Author
      Elissa Brent Weissman

      Elissa Brent Weissman is the award-winning author of several middle grade novels, including the Nerd Camp series, and the editor of Our Story Begins, an anthology of writing and art by today’s kids’ book creators back when they were kids themselves. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and earned a Master’s degree in children’s literature at Roehampton University in London. Named one of CBS Baltimore’s Best Authors in Maryland, Elissa lives with her family in Baltimore, where she teaches creative writing to children, college students, and adults.

    What Has Elissa Brent Weissman Said About This Book

    Nothing yet! Let Elissa Brent Weissman know that you want to hear from them about their book.

    More Books by Elissa Brent Weissman

      chapter • 208 Pages
      Our Story Begins
      Elissa Brent Weissman, Kwame Alexander, Tom Angleberger, Kathi Appelt, Ashley Bryan, Tim Federle, Candace Fleming, Marla Frazee, Chris Gall, Alex Gino, Chris Grabenstein, Gordon Korman, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Thanhha Lai, Peter Lerangis, Gail Carson Levine, Grace Lin, Yuyi Morales, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, R. J. Palacio, Linda Sue Park, Dan Santat, Brian Selznick, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Rita Williams-Garcia, Eric Rohmann

    Similar Books to This Book

      chapter • 336 Pages
      Orange for the Sunsets
      6.8
      Tina Athaide
      chapter • 308 Pages
      Blended
      Sharon M. Draper
      chapter • 368 Pages
      The Only Black Girls in Town
      Brandy Colbert
      chapter • 370 Pages
      Genesis Begins Again
      Alicia D. Williams
      chapter • 352 Pages
      When the World Was Ours
      Liz Kessler
      chapter • 400 Pages
      The Inquisitor's Tale
      Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly
      chapter • 410 Pages
      As Brave As You
      Jason Reynolds
      chapter • 320 Pages
      A Place at the Table
      Saadia Faruqi, Laura Shovan
      chapter • 368 Pages
      Nowhere Boy
      Katherine Marsh
      chapter • 398 Pages
      Skylark and Wallcreeper
      Anne O'Brien Carelli

    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780735229471
    Publication Date
    May 1, 2018
    Publisher
    Dial Books for Young Readers
    Original Publication Date
    May 1, 2018
    Page Count
    384
    Words Per Page
    178
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    10 - 14 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2017043498
    Lexile® Level
    730L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~Q
    ATOS® Book Level
    5
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    10
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    196675
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

    Contribute to this page

    Core Score - 55%

    More than halfway there—keep going!

    Depth Score - 25%

    Just the barebones.

    Are you the author or illustrator? Claim your book.

    Top Contributors