| Edition |
1st Harper Tempest ed. |
| Description |
103 p. ; 19 cm. |
| Indexed In: |
School Library Journal, June 1999 |
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Booklist starred, May 1999 |
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New York Times, June 1999 |
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Horn Book, May 1999 |
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Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 1999 |
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Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 1999 |
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Kirkus Review, May 1999 |
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Kliatt, January 2001 |
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L.A. Recommended Foreign Language, February 2000 |
| Summary |
Eleven-year-old Alice is unwilling to return to live with her alcoholic mother and her stern stepfather, so she refuses to eat to the point of slowly starving herself, in order to remain in the hospital. |
| Audience |
7.7 |
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5-8 Follett Library Resources |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader ATOS-AR RL 5.8 3.0 34747 PCMS. |
| Subject |
Family problems -- Fiction.
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Eating disorders -- Fiction.
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Emotional problems -- Fiction.
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Death -- Fiction.
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Parent and child -- Fiction.
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Hospitals -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
0064472345 |
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