Awards and Honors2019 Golden Archer Award Nominee
2018 Land of Enchantment Book Award Winner, 6-8
Capitol Choices 2016 Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Books of 2015, Middle Grade Booklist Best Young Adult Books of 2015
ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Older Readers VOYA’s Perfect Tens 2015; 2016 Winner, Notable Books for a Global Society
CCBC Choices 2016, Fiction for Young Adults
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Young Adult Fiction
ILA Young Adults’ Choices, 2016 Reading List
YALSA 2017 Best Fiction for Young Adults
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, Coming of Age
2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal Longlist
Jackson, twelve, and his parents do all they can for Joseph, the fourteen-year-old they’re fostering. But they can’t get approval for Joseph to see his baby daughter, whom he’s never met.
Topics Friendship. Emotional problems. Child abuse. Teenage fathers. Foster home care. Loss. Second chances. Death.
SRC Level 6.500000
SRC Points 9.000000
Lexile 740L
Trim Size 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2015-10-05
JLG Release Date Feb 2016
Minimum grade 6
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Advanced Readers (Grades 6-8)
Advanced Readers
Advanced Readers (Grades 6-8)
For Grades 6-8
Your pre-teen and teen readers won't be able to get enough of these selections. The 12 books here are a bit longer than our B category titles, with more challenging storylines and a wealth of thought-provoking nonfiction.