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Steinbeck's Ghost
Contributor(s): Buzbee, Lewis (Author)

ISBN: 0312602111 ISBN-13: 9780312602116
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2010
Annotation: Buzbee delivers a satisfying mystery that involves a boy who loves books, a library threatened with closing, and, quite possibly, the ghost of the writer John Steinbeck.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Books & Libraries
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 10-13

Grade Level: 5-8

Lexile Measure: 780(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" L (0.95 lbs) 368 pages

Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - California
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
- Cultural Region - West Coast

Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 125751
Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 10.0

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Publisher Description:

It's been two months since Travis's family moved from their shabby old house to a development so new that it seems totally unreal. There's one place, though, where Travis can still connect with his old life: the Salinas library. Travis and his family used to go there together every Saturday, but now he bikes to it alone, re-reading his favorite books: the works of John Steinbeck. Suddenly Travis is seeing Steinbeck's characters come to life. There's the homeless man in the alley behind the library, the boy who writes by night in an attic bedroom. Travis has met them before--as a reader. But how can they be here now? And why?

Contributor Bio(s): Buzbee, Lewis: - Lewis Buzbee is a former bookseller and sales rep (for Chronicle Books), and the author of the acclaimed adult memoir, The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, published by Graywolf Press in June 2006. A native Californian, he lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter. He is the author of the children's books Steinbeck's Ghost, The Haunting of Charles Dickens, and Bridge of Time.

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