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Accelerated Reader MG 3.9 2 511901 |
| Summary |
"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."--Amazon. |
| Audience |
HL570L Lexile |
| Subject |
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
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Abandoned children -- Juvenile fiction.
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Summer -- Juvenile fiction.
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Life change events -- Juvenile fiction.
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Communities -- Juvenile fiction.
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Long Island (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre |
Historical fiction.
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| Add'l Names |
Christoph, Jamey, 1980- illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780763660079
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0763660078
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