Awards and Honors2020 Silver Birch Award Fiction Nominee
2019 YouPer Award Honor
2019 E.B. White Read-Aloud Award Finalist, Middle Reader
2019 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner, Older Readers
2019 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Winner
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - 2019
2018 National Jewish Book Award Finalist, Children's Literature Publishers Weekly Best Books - 2018
NYPL Best Books for Kids - 2018 Horn Book Fanfare - 2018
When eleven-year-old chimney climber Nan Sparrow gets caught in a fire, she is saved by a mysterious creature born from the piece of coal she keeps in her pocket.
Title alpha Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
Level Upper Elementary/Middle Plus
Pages Count 368
Genre Fiction
Topics Golems. Chimney sweeps. Homeless persons. Orphans. Nineteenth-century history of Great Britain. Child labor. Poverty. Fantasy and magic. Friendship.
SRC Level 3.500000
SRC Points 15.000000
Lexile 630L
Trim Size 8 1/6" x 5 1/2"
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2018-09-24
JLG Release Date Dec 2018
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 7
Reading level Elementary, Middle
Format Print
Upper Elementary/Middle Plus (Grades 5-7)
Upper Elementary/Middle Plus
Upper Elementary/Middle Plus (Grades 5-7)
For Grades 5-7
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