The absolute value of Mike

Title
The absolute value of Mike

Personal Author EPSB
Kathryn. Erskine

Summary
Fourteen-year-old Mike, whose father is a brilliant mathematician but who has no math aptitude himself, spends the summer in rural Pennsylvania with his elderly and eccentric relatives Moo and Poppy, helping the townspeople raise money to adopt a Romanian orphan.

Year Published
2011-2012

Physical Description
247, 9 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
 
Self-acceptance -- Fiction.
 
Individuality -- Fiction.
 
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction.
 
Business enterprises -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Pennsylvania -- Fiction.

Summary
Fourteen-year-old Mike, whose father is a brilliant mathematician but who has no math aptitude himself, spends the summer in rural Pennsylvania with his elderly and eccentric relatives Moo and Poppy, helping the townspeople raise money to adopt a Romanian orphan.

ISBN
9780142421017

Publisher
New York : Puffin Books, 2012, c2011.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
D.S. MacKenzieFIC ERSBook30522000252152Realistic Fiction
D.S. MacKenzieFIC ERSBook30522000376092Realistic Fiction