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The Glass Castle: A Memoir
Contributor(s): Walls, Jeannette (Author)

ISBN: 074324754X ISBN-13: 9780743247542
Publisher: Scribner Book Company

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2006
Annotation: In the tradition of Mary Karr's "The Liars' Club" and Rick Bragg's "All Over But the Shouting," Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric, and severely misguided family.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Editors, Journalists, Publishers
- Family & Relationships
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs

Dewey: B

Lexile Measure: 1010(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" L (0.60 lbs) 304 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Topical - Family
- Sex & Gender - Feminine

Features: Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product

Awards: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2010
ALA Notable Books, Winner, Nonfiction, 2006
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, Nominee, Grades 9-12, 2008
Green Mountain Book Award, Nominee, Grades 9-12, 2008

Review Citations: New York Times 02/26/2006 pg. 20
Entertainment Weekly 03/06/2015 pg. 72

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 105049
Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0

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Contributor Bio(s): Walls, Jeannette: - Jeannette Walls graduated from Barnard College and was a journalist in New York. Her memoir, The Glass Castle, has been a New York Times bestseller for more than six years. She is also the author of the instant New York Times bestsellers The Silver Star and Half Broke Horses, which was named one of the ten best books of 2009 by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. Walls lives in rural Virginia with her husband, the writer John Taylor.

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