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The Pinballs
Contributor(s): Byars, Betsy (Author)

ISBN: 0064401987 ISBN-13: 9780064401982
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2004
Annotation: Winner of multiple awards, this novel follows three lonely foster children asthey learn to care about themselves and each other.

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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Disabilities & Special Needs

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 76041518

Age Level: 8-12

Grade Level: 3-7

Lexile Measure: 600(Not Available)

Guided Reading: S (Grade 4)

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Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.22" W x 7.68" L (0.23 lbs) 144 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
- Topical - Friendship

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Awards: Georgia Children's Book Award, Winner, Children's Book, 1979

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/12/1987
Publishers Weekly 01/04/1993

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 242
Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 3.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

From Newbery-winning author Betsy Byars comes a story full of poignancy, perception, and humor (The Chicago Tribune), about three foster kids who learn what it takes to make a family.

You can't always decide where life will take you--especially when you're a kid.

Carlie knows she's got no say in what happens to her. Stuck in a foster home with two other kids, Harvey and Thomas J, she's just a pinball being bounced from bumper to bumper. As soon as you get settled, somebody puts another coin in the machine and off you go again.

But against her will and her better judgment, Carlie and the boys become friends. And all three of them start to see that they can take control of their own lives.

Contributor Bio(s): Byars, Betsy Cromer: -

Betsy Byars is the author of many award-winning books for children, including The Summer of the Swans, a Newbery Medal winner. The Pinballs was an ALA Notable Book. She is also the author of Goodbye, Chicken Little; The Two-Thousand-Pound Goldfish; and the popular Golly Sisters trilogy.

Byars, Betsy: - Betsy Byars is a widely read and loved author of many award-winning middle-grade books for children, including Summer Of The Swans (Viking), a 1971 Newbery Medal winner. The Pinballs was an ALA Notable Children's Book in 1977 as well as the basis for an ABC Afterschool Special. Other books she has written for HarperCollins are Good-bye, Chicken Little; The Seven Treasure Hunts, illustrated by Jennifer Barrett; and three I Can Read Books, the popular The Golly Sisters Go West, Hooray For The Golly Sisters!, and The Golly Sisters Ride Again, all illustrated by Sue Truesdell. Ms. Byars lives in Clemson, South Carolina, with her husband.

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