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Bird Lake Moon
Contributor(s): Henkes, Kevin (Author)

ISBN: 0061470767 ISBN-13: 9780061470769
Publisher: Greenwillow Books

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2008
Annotation: Spencer thought the house might be haunted.

Mitch knew it wasn't. And he knew why.

The whole time Spencer and Mitch hung out together at Bird Lake that summer, there were secrets keeping them apart.

And maybe a secret knowledge keeping them together, too--together like members of the same tribe. Like friends.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings
- Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2007036564

Age Level: 8-12

Grade Level: 3-7

Lexile Measure: 740(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.78" H x 5.64" W x 7.68" L (0.63 lbs) 192 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Friendship
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age

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

Awards: Georgia Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's Book, 2011
West Virginia Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2010
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-6, 2010
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee, Grades 3-5, 2011

Review Citations: School Library Journal 03/01/2008 pg. 200
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2008 pg. 46 - Recommended - Readable
Publishers Weekly 04/07/2008 pg. 60
Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/2008 pg. 359
Booklist 03/15/2008 pg. 52
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2008 pg. 312
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2008 pg. 473 - Recommended
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2008 - Superior,Well Above Average
Hornbook Guide to Children 10/01/2008 pg. 345 - Superior,Well Above Average
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2009 pg. 14

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 122352
Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

Told in alternating voices, this smart and engaging middle grade novel from the beloved Kevin Henkes is the story of two boys coming together in friendship as they struggle with family conflicts and tragedy.

There are ghosts at Bird Lake, and they're haunting Mitch and Spencer. Not the Halloween kind, but ghosts of the past. Memories of how life was before--before the divorce, before the accident. Can their ghosts bring Mitch and Spencer together, as friends? Or will their secrets keep them apart?

Mitch feels isolated at his grandparents' house and can't help hating his father, who walked out on him and his mom two and a half weeks earlier. Spencer's family has decided it's finally time to return to Bird Lake, years after his brother, Matty, drowned there. Both boys arrive at the lake scarred and fragile, but as they become friends, the sharp edges of their lives smooth out and, slowly, they are able to start healing.

"Superbly crafted. A 'must have' for every library." --School Library Journal (starred review)

"In a novel as tender as his acclaimed Olive's Ocean, Henkes probes the psyches of two boys facing family conflicts."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Contributor Bio(s): Henkes, Kevin: -

Kevin Henkes is an award-winning author and illustrator of many books for children of all ages. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors--one for Olive's Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller--and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Egg, Old Bear, A Good Day, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. www.kevinhenkes.com