On thin ice
Title
:
On thin ice
Personal Author EPSB
:
Michael, Northrop
Summary
:
The way twelve-year-old Ked Eakins of Norton, Maine, sees it his life has been stolen from him, piece by piece; first by kyphosis, a spinal abnormality which has made him a social outcast at school and a target for the school bully, by his friends who have recently abandoned him, by his mother who left for the West Coast taking the insurance which might have saved him with her, and by his father who is a gambling addict who has lost the rent money--but Ked is a builder, and using the school's Maker Space he intends to build his life back, and maybe make a few real friends, and save his father while he is at it.
Year Published
:
2019
Physical Description
:
228 pages ; 22 cm
Subject
:
Kyphosis -- Fiction.
Spine -- Abnormalities -- Fiction.
Father-son relationship -- Fiction.
Gambling -- Fiction.
Conduct of life -- Fiction.
Bullies -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Maine -- Fiction.
Summary
:
The way twelve-year-old Ked Eakins of Norton, Maine, sees it his life has been stolen from him, piece by piece; first by kyphosis, a spinal abnormality which has made him a social outcast at school and a target for the school bully, by his friends who have recently abandoned him, by his mother who left for the West Coast taking the insurance which might have saved him with her, and by his father who is a gambling addict who has lost the rent money--but Ked is a builder, and using the school's Maker Space he intends to build his life back, and maybe make a few real friends, and save his father while he is at it.
ISBN
:
9780545495905
9781338589399
Publisher
:
New York : Scholastic Press, 2019.
©2019
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Mount Pleasant | FIC NOR | Book | 30152000276363 | Fiction |
| Mount Pleasant | TCR FIC NOR | Teacher resource | 30152000276264 | Checked out |