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Orca Books
Just the Series: Orca Soundings   

Series and Publisher: Orca Soundings   

Annotation: After Mick breaks up with Jade, his sense of responsibility for her younger brother keeps pulling him back.
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #5897880
Format: Paperback
Special Formats: High Low High Low
Publisher: Orca Books
Copyright Date: 2013
Edition Date: 2013 Release Date: 10/01/13
Pages: 122 pages
ISBN: 1-459-80526-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-459-80526-2
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2012418751
Dimensions: 18 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
Horn Book (Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2014)

Mick worries about ex-girlfriend Jade's four-year-old brother, who suffers from migraines. As Gavin's migraines worsen and Jade grows overwhelmed, Mick winds up taking care of them both. Mick's narration alternates with Jade's diary entries; the two perspectives reveal Jade's machinations (and her skewed sense of reality). Good-guy Mick and control-freaky, attention-hungry Jade are fairly flat characters, but the final reveal is well supported.

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Horn Book (Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2014)
Word Count: 14,561
Reading Level: 3.5
Interest Level: 6-8
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.5 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 163563 / grade: Upper Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:3.5 / points:6.0 / quiz:Q61902
Lexile: HL470L
Guided Reading Level: Z
Fountas & Pinnell: Z

Mick decides that his long-term relationship with Jade is finally over. After ending it, he realizes the hardest part will be saying goodbye to her little brother, Gavin, who suffers from severe migraines. Mick's friends suspect that Jade's constant calls for help are just too convenient to be real. What are the chances Gavin would relapse every time Mick is out with someone new? Mick admits they're not very good—but he's seen the boy. A four-year-old can't fake an illness like that. Turns out both Mick and his friends are right.


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