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Do Not Pass Go
Contributor(s): Hill, Kirkpatrick (Author)

ISBN: 1416914005 ISBN-13: 9781416914006
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2007
Annotation: The author of "The Year of Miss Agnes" delivers a strong and accessible novel that sheds light on the tumultuous experience of having a parent in jail, and gives insight into the everyday lives of the prison inmates and the stories behind what brought them there.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Homelessness & Poverty
- Juvenile Fiction | Law & Crime
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Parents

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2006003254

Age Level: 9-14

Grade Level: 4-9

Lexile Measure: 850(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.78" W x 8.38" L (0.70 lbs) 240 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Family
- Geographic Orientation - Alaska

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Awards: Georgia Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's Book, 2009
Golden Sower Award, Nominee, Intermediate, 2011
Nevada Young Readers' Award, Nominee, Intermediate, 2009
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2009
Sequoyah Book Awards, Nominee, Intermediate, 2010
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2011

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 12/01/2006 pg. 1221
Publishers Weekly 01/15/2007 pg. 52
Booklist 12/15/2006 pg. 41
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2007 pg. 254 - Recommended
School Library Journal 03/01/2007 pg. 210
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2007 pg. 48 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2007 pg. 369 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 109807
Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
Deet's world turns upside down when his father is arrested for drug use. It doesn't seem possible that kind, caring Dad could be a criminal After all, he only took the pills to stay awake so he could work two jobs. Now what will happen? How will Deet be able to face his classmates? Where will they get money? And most importantly, will Dad be okay in prison?

Hurt, angry, and ashamed, Deet doesn't want to visit his father in jail. But when Mom goes back to work, Deet starts visiting Dad after school. It's frightening at first, but as he adjusts to the routine, Deet begins to see the prisoners as people with stories of their own, just like his dad. Deet soon realizes that prison isn't the terrifying place of movies and nightmares. In fact, Dad's imprisonment leads Deet to make a few surprising discoveries -- about his father, his friends, and himself.

With moving realism, Kirkpatrick Hill brings to light the tumultuous experience of having a parent in jail in this honest and stirring story of a young man forced to grow up quickly.

Contributor Bio(s): Hill, Kirkpatrick: - Kirkpatrick Hill lives in Fairbanks, Alaska. She was an elementary school teacher for more than thirty years, most of that time in the Alaskan "bush." Hill is the mother of six children and the grandmother of eight. Her three earlier books, Toughboy and Sister, Winter Camp, and The Year of Miss Agnes, have all been immensely popular. Her fourth book with McElderry Books, Dancing at the Odinochka, was a Junior Library Guild Selection. Hill's visits to a family member in jail inspired her to write Do Not Pass Go.

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