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Waiting for normal
Title:
Waiting for normal
Author:
Connor, Leslie.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, [2008]

©2008
Physical Description:
290 pages ; 20 cm
Summary:
Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.
Language:
English
Contents:
Tin box on a tar patch -- Small stuff -- Welcome pie -- According to Webster's -- The over-underpass -- A renovation -- Tryouts and friendships -- Gates and bridges -- TV and toast dinners -- A gift of cream and honey -- A bunch of numbskulls -- A violent storm -- evening interview -- Waiting for Mommers -- Late-night mail -- Another dish of fish-and-chips -- A different sort of Halloween -- A phone call from the mansion -- The new blue car -- All or nothing -- Dwight explaining Hannah -- All about twos and fours -- Bedtime at the inn -- Breakfasts and boxes -- A ton of turkey soup -- From good to bad -- Willing to bloom -- Twists and turns -- The counting-on part -- A frozen good-bye -- An unexpected meeting -- A few gifts before Christmas -- Waiting for normal -- Jingle all the way -- Another thing to borrow -- Loads of snow -- A visit from Grandio -- Valentine hearts -- The goosh in my gut -- Fiesta night -- Making changes -- My fault -- A hero in the fog -- After the fire -- Something familiar -- The going-away note -- Defining normal -- Full of surprises -- All to home.
Reading Level:
Grades 5 up.

570 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.7 7.0 120221.

Reading Counts RC 6-8 3.3 14 Quiz: 42928.
ISBN:
9780060890896

9780060890889

9780060890902
Format :
Book