Corner of the Universe

English

ISBN: 0439388805

EAN: 9780439388801

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Family / General/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated

Release Date: 09/20/2002

Age Range: 9-12

Synopsis: On the heels of her acclaimed novel BELLE TEAL, bestselling and beloved author Ann M. Martin presents a searing story about family ties and how they bind us. The summer Hattie turns 12, her predictable smalltown life is turned on end when her uncle Adam returns home for the first time in over ten years. Hattie has never met him, never known about him. Hes been institutionalized; his condition invovles schizophrenia and autism. Hattie, a shy girl who prefers the company of adults, takes immediately to her excitable uncle, even when the rest of the family -- her parents and grandparents -- have trouble dealing with his intense way of seeing the world. And Adam, too, sees that Hattie is special, that her quiet, shy ways are not a disability,

Awards: Arizona Young Readers Award – null  ABC Childrens Booksellers Choices Awards – null  American Library Association Notable Books for Children – null  Bluegrass Award – null  Charlie May Simon Childrens Book Award – null  Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award – null  Dorothy Canfield Fisher Childrens Book Award – null  Flicker Tale Childrens Book Award – null  Grand Canyon Reader Award – null  Iowa Teen Award – null  Nene Award – null  Newbery Medal – null  Publishers Weekly Best Childrens Books – null  Volunteer State Book Award – null  William Allen White Childrens Book Award – null 

Corner of the Universe

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.81 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.25 inches

Weight: 12.84 oz

Pages: 208