Claim to Fame (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781416939177)

Lindsay Scott hit the big time at age five, when she became the star of the television show "Just Me and the Kids." It seemed like she was set for life--until she had a nervous breakdown when she was eleven, because Lindsay had suddenly developed a very dangerous sense of ESP--the ability to hear what anyone was thinking about here, at any time, anywhere in the world. Lindsay's father whisked her away to her long-gone mother's house in small town Springdale, and Lindsay was amazed to discover that within the four walls of the house, she can't hear anything out of the ordinary. And so Lindsay has stayed hidden in the house, safe from other people's thoughts, doing her best to stay out of sight and let the world forget her.

When the tabloids print a "where are they now" story about her, claiming that Lindsay's maniacal father has kept her imprisoned in her house for the past five years, a couple of well-meaning teens attempt to "rescue" Lindsay. For the first time in five years, Lindsay is outside the protective quiet of her house. And that's when she hears the one voice she never expected to hear: her mother's.

When she discovers that perhaps her mother didn't leave voluntarily, she has a choice to make: will she risk everything to find the truth about her past--and the source of her ability?

Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
ISBN-10: 1416939172
ISBN-13: 9781416939177
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 11/10/2009
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.81w x 1.02d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 134179 / Claim to Fame


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 10/01/2009
School Library Journal 12/01/2009 pg. 118
Publishers Weekly 11/23/2009 pg. 57
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2010
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2010 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 pg. 96 - Recommended, Satisfactory