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Beck
Contributor(s): Peet, Mal (Author), Rosoff, Meg (Author)

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 ISBN: 1536206423     ISBN-13: 9781536206425
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2019
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Canada
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Sexual Abuse
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 16-UP
Grade Level: 11-UP
Lexile Measure: 790
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" L (0.55 lbs) 272 pages
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 188891
Reading Level: 5.4   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 9.0
 
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Publisher Description:
From Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet comes a sweeping coming-of-age adventure, both harrowing and life-affirming.

Born of a brief encounter between a Liverpool prostitute and an African soldier in 1907, Beck finds himself orphaned as a young boy and sent overseas to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. At age fifteen he is sent to work on a farm, from which he eventually escapes. Finally in charge of his own destiny, Beck starts westward, crossing the border into America and back, all while the Great Depression rages on. What will it take for Beck to understand the agonies of his childhood and realize that love is possible?
 
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