Claiming Georgia Tate Contributor(s): Amateau, Gigi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0763623393 ISBN-13: 9780763623395 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 2005 Annotation: With a vivid narrative voice and an extraordinary cast of characters, first-time author Gigi Amateau tells an unflinching and unforgettable tale of a sensitive girl caught in the trauma of incestuous abuse. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Physical & Emotional Abuse (see Also Social Themes - Sexual - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Young Adult Fiction | People & Places - United States - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2004056128 |
Age Level: 14-UP |
Grade Level: 9-UP |
Lexile Measure: 880(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.2" W x 8.08" L (0.85 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Family |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 05/15/2005 pg. 583 Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2005 pg. 124 School Library Journal 06/01/2005 pg. 147 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2005 pg. 5 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2006 pg. 88 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw Library Journal 10/03/2005 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 89066 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: It's rare and exciting to discover a talented new writer like Gigi Amateau. -- Judy Blume Twelve-year-old Georgia Tate wishes she could stay home forever with her no-nonsense nana, her preacher granddaddy, and her sassy friend Ginger, celebrating church revivals and the Fourth of July with icy cold watermelon and all the deep-fried fish she can eat. She wishes her deadbeat daddy had never reappeared on the scene, and that Ginger hadn't blurted out the awful truth about Mama. But most of all, when Georgia Tate loses her nana to a sudden heart attack, she desperately wishes she could find a way to tell Granddaddy why she can't possibly leave Mississippi to move in with Daddy -- about the things he does that make her feel so ashamed her mind takes her off to a faraway, made-up place. With a vivid narrative voice and an extraordinary cast of characters, first-time author Gigi Amateau tells an unflinching and unforgettable tale of a sensitive girl caught in the trauma of incestuous abuse. But Claiming Georgia Tate is also a joyful story of survival -- an ode to the solace of true family, the mercy of strangers, and the possibility of hope and healing. |
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