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Mockingbird Hardcover - 2010 - 1st Edition

by Kathryn Erskine

In Caitlin's world, everything is black or white. Anything in between is confusing. That's the stuff Caitlin's older brother, Devon, has always explained. But now Devon's dead and Dad is no help at all. Caitlin wants to get over it, but as an 11-year-old girl with Asperger's, she doesn't know how.


Summary

In Caitlin’s world, everything is black or white. Things are good or bad. Anything in between is confusing. That’s the stuff Caitlin’s older brother, Devon, has always explained. But now Devon’s dead and Dad is no help at all. Caitlin wants to get over it, but as an eleven-year-old girl with Asperger’s, she doesn’t know how. When she reads the definition of closure, she realizes that is what she needs. In her search for it, Caitlin discovers that not everything is black and white—the world is full of colors—messy and beautiful.

Kathryn Erskine has written a must-read gem, one of the most moving novels of the year.

A Discussion Guide to Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine

Read Kathryn Erskine's post on the Penguin Blog.

From the publisher

Kathryn Erskine spent many years as a lawyer before realizing that she’d rather write things that people might actually enjoy reading. She grew up mostly overseas and attended eight different schools, her favorite being the Hogwarts-type castle in Scotland. The faculty, of course, did not consist of wizards, although . . . how did the headmistress know that it was “the wee redhead” who led the campaign to free the mice from the biology lab? Erskine draws on her childhood—and her second childhood through her children—for her stories. She still loves to travel but nowadays most trips tend to be local, such as basketball and tennis courts, occasional emergency room visits, and the natural food store for very healthy organic chocolate with “life saving” flavonoids.

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  • Title Mockingbird
  • Author Kathryn Erskine
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Philomel Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2010-04-15
  • Features Deckle Edges, Dust Cover, Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9780399252648 / 0399252649
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.1 x 5.7 x 0.9 in (18.03 x 14.48 x 2.29 cm)
  • Ages 10 to UP years
  • Grade levels 5 - UP
  • Reading level 630
  • Themes
    • Topical: Death/Dying
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Death, Virginia
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009006741
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 02/15/2010, Page 78
  • BookPage, 05/01/2010, Page 0
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 05/01/2010, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 03/01/2010, Page 54
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2010, Page 0
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 03/01/2010, Page 198
  • People Weekly, 08/22/2011, Page 60
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/08/2010, Page 57
  • School Library Journal, 04/01/2010, Page 154
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 06/01/2010, Page 0

About the author

Kathryn Erskine spent many years as a lawyer before realizing that she'd rather write things that people might actually enjoy reading. She grew up mostly overseas and attended eight different schools, her favorite being the Hogwarts-type castle in Scotland. The faculty, of course, did not consist of wizards, although . . . how did the headmistress know that it was "the wee redhead" who led the campaign to free the mice from the biology lab? Erskine draws on her childhood--and her second childhood through her children--for her stories. She still loves to travel but nowadays most trips tend to be local, such as basketball and tennis courts, occasional emergency room visits, and the natural food store for very healthy organic chocolate with "life saving" flavonoids.
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