Sorta like a rockstar : a novel
Title
:
Sorta like a rockstar : a novel
Personal Author EPSB
:
Matthew, Quick
Summary
:
Although seventeen-year-old Amber Appleton is homeless, living in a school bus with her unfit mother, she is a relentless optimist who visits the elderly at a nursing home, teaches English to Korean Catholic women with the use of rhythm and blues music, and befriends a solitary Vietnam veteran and his dog, but eventually she experiences one burden more than she can bear and slips into a deep depression.
Other Title
:
Sort of like a rockstar.
Sorta like a rock star.
Year Published
:
2010
Physical Description
:
355 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition
:
1st ed.
Age Interest level
:
013-017.
Grade Interest level
:
5-8
Program Information
:
Accelerated Reader MG+ 5.4 10.0 137041
Awards
:
YRCA Young Readers Choice Award Middle Division 2013 nominee
Subject
:
Depression (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Optimism -- Fiction.
Autism -- Fiction.
Homeless persons -- Fiction.
High schools -- Fiction.
Dogs -- Fiction.
Summary
:
Although seventeen-year-old Amber Appleton is homeless, living in a school bus with her unfit mother, she is a relentless optimist who visits the elderly at a nursing home, teaches English to Korean Catholic women with the use of rhythm and blues music, and befriends a solitary Vietnam veteran and his dog, but eventually she experiences one burden more than she can bear and slips into a deep depression.
ISBN
:
9780316043533
Publisher
:
New York : Little, Brown, 2010.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| D.S. MacKenzie | F QUI | Book | 30522000251287 | Realistic Fiction |
| D.S. MacKenzie | F QUI | Book | 30522000323169 | Realistic Fiction |