The Summer We Found the Baby
The Summer We Found the Baby
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The Summer We Found the Baby

Written by Amy Hest
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10 - 99
Reading age
192
Page count
86
Words per page
~600L
Lexile measure
Aug 4, 2020
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Set during World War II, this poignant, briskly paced historical novel relays the events of one extraordinary summer from three engaging points of view. On the morning of the dedication of the new children’s library in Belle Beach, Long Island, eleven-year-old Julie Sweet and her six-year-old sister, Martha, find a baby in a basket on the library steps. At the same time, twelve-year-old Bruno Ben-Eli is on his way to the train station to catch the 9:15 train into New York City. He is on an important errand for his brother, who is a soldier overseas in World War II. But when Bruno spies Julie, the same Julie who hasn’t spoken to him for sixteen days, heading away from the library with a baby in her arms, he has to follow her. Holy everything, he thinks. Julie Sweet is a kidnapper. Of course, the truth is much more complicated than the children know in this heartwarming and beautifully textured family story by award-winning author Amy Hest. Told in three distinct voices, each with a different take on events, the novel captures the moments and emotions of a life-changing summer – a summer in which a baby gives a family hope and brings a community together.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780763660079
    Publication Date
    August 4, 2020
    Publisher
    Candlewick Press (MA)
    Page Count
    192
    Words Per Page
    86
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    10 - 99+ years
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~600L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~O
    ATOS® Book Level
    3.9
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    2
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    511901
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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