When I was your age. [Volumes 1 & 2] : original stories about growing up

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Title:

When I was your age. [Volumes 1 & 2] : original stories about growing up

Author:

Ehrlich, Amy, 1942-

Edition:

First edition.

Publication Information:

Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2012.

Physical Description:

341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary:

Twenty award-winning authors tell stories of pivotal moments in their childhoods.

Language:

English

Contents:

Volume 1. All-ball / by Mary Pope Osborne. The great rat hunt / by Laurence Yep. Everything will be okay / by James Howe. Why I never ran away from home / by Katherine Paterson. Reverend Abbott and those bloodshot eyes / by Walter Dean Myers. Muffin / by Susan Cooper. Taking a dare / by Nicholasa Mohr. Flying / by Reeve Lindbergh. Scout's honor / by Avi. Blue / by Francesca Lia Block -- Volume 2. In the blink of an eye / by Norma Fox Mazer. Food from the outside / by Rita Williams-Garcia. Interview with a shrimp / by Paul Fleischman. The long closet / by Jane Yolen. How I lost my station in life / by E.L. Konigsburg. Bus problems / by Howard Norman. Pegasus for a summer / by Michael J. Rosen. Learning to swim / by Kyoko Mori. Waiting for midnight / by Karen Hesse. The snapping turtle / by Joseph Bruchac.

Reading Level:

850 Lexile.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.6 5.0 52026.

Reading Counts RC 3-5 5.7 9 Quiz: 32409 Guided reading level: U.

Subject Term:

Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Children -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

Added Author:

Ehrlich, Amy, 1942-