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Jason's Why

AUTHOR Goobie, Beth
PUBLISHER Red Deer Press (09/12/2012)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)
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2014 Silver Birch Express Award nominee

Jason's mom says he is a problem, and puts him in a group home. Now Jason has to live with boys and grown-ups he doesn't know.

Jason thinks, Now I'm in a house that isn't my house. I watch their hands and feet. When hands and feet move fast, you're going to get hit.

There's a big bubble of mad inside Jason. It makes him yell and throw things. Jason wants to be good and move home again, but the mad bubble just won't go away.

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ISBN-13: 9780889954847
ISBN-10: 0889954844
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 80
Carton Quantity: 140
Product Dimensions: 5.30 x 0.40 x 7.58 inches
Weight: 0.20 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product, Ikids, Illustrated
Country of Origin: CA
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BISAC Categories
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
Juvenile Fiction | Family - Orphans & Foster Homes
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Physical & Emotional Abuse (see also Social
Grade Level: 4th Grade - 6th Grade
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.7
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Guided Reading Level: Not Applicable
Dewey Decimal: FIC
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Told in first person, "Jason's Why" relates the story of a nine-year-old boy who has been sent to a treatment center by his mother because she can't handle him any longer. Jason is afraid that his mother is going to leave him in the home forever.
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2014 Silver Birch Express Award nominee

Jason's mom says he is a problem, and puts him in a group home. Now Jason has to live with boys and grown-ups he doesn't know.

Jason thinks, Now I'm in a house that isn't my house. I watch their hands and feet. When hands and feet move fast, you're going to get hit.

There's a big bubble of mad inside Jason. It makes him yell and throw things. Jason wants to be good and move home again, but the mad bubble just won't go away.

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Author: Goobie, Beth
Beth Goobie graduated from the University of Winnipeg and the Mennonite Brethren Bible College. She is an award-winning writer of young adult fiction and is best known for her quirky and dark stories. Her novel "Before Wings "won the Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Book Award in 2000, and was chosen by young readers for the Best Books list of the American Library Association.
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