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Smiles to Go
Contributor(s): Spinelli, Jerry (Author)

ISBN: 0064471977 ISBN-13: 9780064471978
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2009
Annotation: The author of the Newbery Medal-winning "Maniac Magee" introduces Will Tuppence, a young man whose world is suddenly tipped on its side. Will soon begins to see that the beauty and wonder of life's journey is in "not" knowing what comes next.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming Of Age
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 8-12

Grade Level: 3-7

Lexile Measure: 490 HL (High-Low)

Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.22" W x 7.6" L (0.41 lbs) 272 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
- Topical - Self-Esteem
- Catalog Heading - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary
- Curriculum Strand - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 121944
Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

Ninth grader Will Tuppence is in control.

He plans everything obsessively, from the perfect stargazing night with his crush, Mi-Su, to the regular Saturday-night games of Monopoly with his friends. He's even planned his entire adulthood: career as an astronomer; mint condition, black 1985 Jaguar XJS/12; two kids. . . .

But everything changes the day Will learns one startling fact: protons--those tiny atomic particles, the building blocks to the building blocks of life--can die. The one thing that was so certain in this world to Will has an expiration date.

And Will's carefully planned-out life?

Not so certain, either.

Contributor Bio(s): Spinelli, Jerry: -

Jerry Spinelli received the Newbery Medal for Maniac Magee and a Newbery Honor for Wringer. His other books include Stargirl; Love, Stargirl; Smiles to Go; Loser; Jake and Lily; Hokey Pokey; and The Warden's Daughter. His novels are recognized for their humor and poignancy, and his characters and situations are often drawn from his real-life experience as a father of six children. Jerry lives with his wife, Eileen, also a writer, in Wayne, Pennsylvania.