The Resource Waiting for normal, Leslie Connor
Waiting for normal, Leslie Connor
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- Summary
- Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 290 p.
- Contents
-
- Tin box on a tar patch
- Small stuff
- Welcome pie
- According to Webster's
- The over-underpass
- A renovation
- Tryouts and friendships
- Gates and bridges
- TV and toast dinners
- A gift of cream and honey
- A bunch of numbskulls
- A violent storm
- evening interview
- Waiting for Mommers
- Late-night mail
- Another dish of fish-and-chips
- A different sort of Halloween
- A phone call from the mansion
- The new blue car
- All or nothing
- Dwight explaining Hannah
- All about twos and fours
- Bedtime at the inn
- Breakfasts and boxes
- A ton of turkey soup
- From good to bad
- Willing to bloom
- Twists and turns
- The counting-on part
- A frozen good-bye
- An unexpected meeting
- A few gifts before Christmas
- Waiting for normal
- Jingle all the way
- Another thing to borrow
- Loads of snow
- A visit from Grandio
- Valentine hearts
- The goosh in my gut
- Fiesta night
- Making changes
- My fault
- A hero in the fog
- After the fire
- Something familiar
- The going-away note
- Defining normal
- Full of surprises
- All to home
- Isbn
- 9780060890889
- Label
- Waiting for normal
- Title
- Waiting for normal
- Statement of responsibility
- Leslie Connor
- Subject
-
- Self-reliance -- Juvenile fiction
- trueRealistic fiction
- Family problems -- Fiction
- Self-reliance -- Fiction
- trueChildren of divorced parents
- trueSelf-reliance
- trueResilience (Personal quality)
- trueChild neglect
- trueGirls with dyslexia
- trueFamily problems
- truePreteen girls
- Schenectady (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- trueTwelve-year-old girls
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Mothers -- Fiction
- Mothers -- Juvenile fiction
- Schenectady (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Stepfathers -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- trueSelf-reliance in girls
- Stepfathers -- Fiction
- trueNew York (State)
- trueMothers and daughters
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York
- Summary
- Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2009
- Schneider Family Book Award for Middle School, 2009.
- School Library Journal Best Books: 2008
- YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2009
- School Library Journal Best Books, 2008.
- Awards note
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 257326
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Connor, Leslie
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Grades 5 up
- LC call number
- PZ7.C7644
- LC item number
- Wai 2008
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 570
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 6
- 8
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Mothers
- Stepfathers
- Friendship
- Self-reliance
- Schenectady (N.Y.)
- Family problems
- Mothers
- Stepfathers
- Friendship
- Self-reliance
- Schenectady (N.Y.)
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- Waiting for normal, Leslie Connor
- Contents
- Tin box on a tar patch -- Small stuff -- Welcome pie -- According to Webster's -- The over-underpass -- A renovation -- Tryouts and friendships -- Gates and bridges -- TV and toast dinners -- A gift of cream and honey -- A bunch of numbskulls -- A violent storm -- evening interview -- Waiting for Mommers -- Late-night mail -- Another dish of fish-and-chips -- A different sort of Halloween -- A phone call from the mansion -- The new blue car -- All or nothing -- Dwight explaining Hannah -- All about twos and fours -- Bedtime at the inn -- Breakfasts and boxes -- A ton of turkey soup -- From good to bad -- Willing to bloom -- Twists and turns -- The counting-on part -- A frozen good-bye -- An unexpected meeting -- A few gifts before Christmas -- Waiting for normal -- Jingle all the way -- Another thing to borrow -- Loads of snow -- A visit from Grandio -- Valentine hearts -- The goosh in my gut -- Fiesta night -- Making changes -- My fault -- A hero in the fog -- After the fire -- Something familiar -- The going-away note -- Defining normal -- Full of surprises -- All to home
- Control code
- ocn123118132
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 290 p.
- Isbn
- 9780060890889
- Isbn Type
- (trade bdg.)
- Lccn
- 2007006881
- System control number
- (OCoLC)123118132
- Label
- Waiting for normal, Leslie Connor
- Contents
- Tin box on a tar patch -- Small stuff -- Welcome pie -- According to Webster's -- The over-underpass -- A renovation -- Tryouts and friendships -- Gates and bridges -- TV and toast dinners -- A gift of cream and honey -- A bunch of numbskulls -- A violent storm -- evening interview -- Waiting for Mommers -- Late-night mail -- Another dish of fish-and-chips -- A different sort of Halloween -- A phone call from the mansion -- The new blue car -- All or nothing -- Dwight explaining Hannah -- All about twos and fours -- Bedtime at the inn -- Breakfasts and boxes -- A ton of turkey soup -- From good to bad -- Willing to bloom -- Twists and turns -- The counting-on part -- A frozen good-bye -- An unexpected meeting -- A few gifts before Christmas -- Waiting for normal -- Jingle all the way -- Another thing to borrow -- Loads of snow -- A visit from Grandio -- Valentine hearts -- The goosh in my gut -- Fiesta night -- Making changes -- My fault -- A hero in the fog -- After the fire -- Something familiar -- The going-away note -- Defining normal -- Full of surprises -- All to home
- Control code
- ocn123118132
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 290 p.
- Isbn
- 9780060890889
- Isbn Type
- (trade bdg.)
- Lccn
- 2007006881
- System control number
- (OCoLC)123118132
Subject
- trueChild neglect
- trueChildren of divorced parents
- trueFamily problems
- Family problems -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- trueGirls with dyslexia
- Mothers -- Fiction
- Mothers -- Juvenile fiction
- trueMothers and daughters
- trueNew York (State)
- truePreteen girls
- trueRealistic fiction
- trueResilience (Personal quality)
- Schenectady (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Schenectady (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSelf-reliance
- Self-reliance -- Fiction
- Self-reliance -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSelf-reliance in girls
- Stepfathers -- Fiction
- Stepfathers -- Juvenile fiction
- trueTwelve-year-old girls
Genre
Included in
- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Older Readers Category: 2009
- trueSchneider Family Book Awards: Middle School (ages 11-13)
- trueSchool Library Journal Best Books: 2008
- trueYALSA Best Books for Young Adults: 2009
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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