A Corner of the Universe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780439388818)

Ann Martin's phenomenal Newbery Honor book, now in paperback.

The summer Hattie turns 12, her predictable small-town life is turned on end when her uncle Adam returns home for the first time in over 10 years. Hattie has never met him, never known about him. He's been institutionalized; his condition involves schizophrenia and autism.Hattie, a shy girl who prefers the company of adults, takes immediately to her excitable uncle, even when the rest of the family -- her parents and grandparents -- have trouble dealing with his intense way of seeing the world. And Adam, too, sees that Hattie is special, that her quiet, shy ways are not a disability,

Author: Ann M. Martin
ISBN-10: 0439388813
ISBN-13: 9780439388818
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2004
Pages: 189
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.20w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 63410 / Corner of the Universe


Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 01/05/2004 pg. 64
Publishers Weekly 01/05/2004