Wonderstruck :

Selznick, Brian.

Wonderstruck : a novel in words and pictures / Brian Selznick. - 1st ed. - New York : Scholastic, 2011. - 637 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 635-637).

Parents' Choice, January 2011 School Library Journal starred, August 2011 Booklist starred, August 2011 Pub Weekly, July 2011 Kirkus Starred, July 2011 New York Times, September 2011 Horn Book, April 2012 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2011 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2011

Relates the stories of twelve-year-old Ben, who loses his mother and his hearing in a short time frame and decides to leave his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he has never known in New York City; and Rose, who lives with her father but feels compelled to search for what is missing in her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.

5.0. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.

0545027896

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American Museum of Natural History--Fiction.


Family life--Fiction.
Diorama--Fiction.
Deaf--Fiction.
Handicapped--Fiction.
Museums--Fiction.
Runaway children--Fiction.


New York (N.Y.)--History--Fiction.

PZ7.S4654 / Won 2011

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