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Lucy the giant / Sherri L. Smith.
Fifteen-year-old Lucy, the largest girl in her school, leaves her small Alaska town and her alcoholic father and discovers hardship--and friendship--posing as an adult aboard a commercial fishing boat.
Record details
- ISBN: 0385729405
- ISBN: 0385900317
- Physical Description: 217 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Delacorte Press, [2002]
- Copyright: ©2002
Content descriptions
| Target Audience Note: | 640L Lexile Decoding demand: 88 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 88 (very high) Structure demand: 88 (very high) Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 4 7 56463. |
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| Subject: | Runaways > Juvenile fiction. Family problems > Juvenile fiction. Fishing boats > Juvenile fiction. Alaska > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Teen fiction. Bildungsromans. |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rolla Public.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolla Public Library | JFIC SMI (Text) | 38256100964489 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Lucy the Giant
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Summary
Lucy the Giant
Lucy Otswego is a big girl who towers over just about everyone and everything in her small Alaskan town, except for her father's horrible reputation as a mean drunk. At 15, she runs away from the cruel classmates who see her only as "the Giant," the embarrassed adults who pity her, and the abusive father whose fleeting attentiveness is worse than his indifference. When the crew of a crabbing boat assumes she's much older than she is and invites her to join them for the season, she thrills at the possibility of escaping her teenaged life. Buoyed by the camaraderie and support of her new shipmates, Lucy quickly masters the mind-numbing cold and backbreaking work. But when her masquerade is threatened, she learns that there are no shortcuts to growing up. From the Hardcover edition.
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