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Fallout

Tate, Nikki

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Orca Books

Just the Series: Orca Soundings

Series and Publisher: Orca Soundings

Annotation: After the death of her sister, Tara struggles to deal with her guilt through slam poetry.

Genre: [Realistic fiction]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #57472

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Special Formats: Inventory Sale

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Common Core/STEAM: Common Core

Publisher: Orca Books

Edition Date: 2011 Release Date: 09/01/11

Pages: 159 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 1-554-69272-5 Perma-Bound: 0-605-52596-X

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-1-554-69272-9 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-52596-2

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2011929403

Dimensions: 18 cm.

Subject Heading:
Sisters. Death. Juvenile fiction.
Grief. Juvenile fiction.
Poets. Juvenile fiction.
Sisters. Death. Fiction.
Grief. Fiction.
Poets. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book (Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2012)

Tara copes with her sister Hannah's suicide by performing slam poetry. Her poems are presented in italics throughout the book; first-person narration describes performance aspects ("Here's where I speed up and get louder") and tells Tara's story. The dialogue occasionally strains for a teen voice, but detailed descriptions of the competitive slam poetry world are vivid and engaging.

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Horn Book (Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2012)

Word Count: 15,544

Reading Level: 4.3

Interest Level: 7-12

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.3 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 146887 / grade: Upper Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:5.5 / points:6.0 / quiz:Q55435

Lexile: HL740L

Guided Reading Level: T

Fountas & Pinnell: T

Have you ever faced fear
And jumped
Into churning waters
So deep there is no bottom?

Excerpted from Fallout by Nikki Tate
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Tara's sister died a year ago, on the day that Tara didn't answer her phone when Hannah called. And Hannah stepped in front of a bus. Now Tara lives with the guilt of wondering if things would be different if she had been there when Hannah needed her most. Competing in slam poetry competitions is the only way Tara can keep her sister's memory alive and deal with all the unanswered questions. But at some point, Tara is going to have to let Hannah rest in peace, and she will need to find a way to move on.

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