Picture a Girl

Synopsis

Key Selling Points In their small coastal town, Addie lives with her mom and little brother...until her mom (who struggles with alcoholism and depression) leaves and Addie is forced to take care of herself and her brother, without anyone finding out. Refusing the easy answers, Picture a Girl looks unflinchingly at the life of an 11-year-old girl who has learned to be an adult in her mother's absence and to lie to keep her family together. Shows surfing in a less glamorous way, as Addie's mother's only true "happy place" and an obsession that can take precedence over her kids—but also reveals it as a way forward for the family, after she returns and promises to give Addie and Billy regular surfing lessons. Jenny Manzer is the author of Save Me, Kurt Cobain , which was nominated for the Bolen Books Children's Book Prize, and My Life as a Diamond , which was nominated for numerous awards and named one of Bank Street College of Education's Best Books of the Year.

Copyright:

2024

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

192 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781459836686

Related ISBNs:

9781459836679, 9781459836662

Publisher:

Orca Book Publishers

Date of Addition:

10/04/24

Copyrighted By:

Jenny Manzer

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Children's Books, Sports, Health, Mind and Body, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family

Grade Levels:

Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade

Reading Age:

9–12

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.