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Calkins Creek

Annotation: Twin sisters find themselves growing apart as they respond differently to their father’s postwar trauma, the NASCAR spee... more

Genre: [Historical fiction]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #6664839

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Calkins Creek

Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 05/04/21

Pages: 359 pages

ISBN: 1-635-92358-1

ISBN 13: 978-1-635-92358-2

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2018933600

Dimensions: 21 cm.

Subject Heading:
Teenage girls. Juvenile fiction.
Twin sisters. Juvenile fiction.
Friendship. Juvenile fiction.
Fathers. Juvenile fiction.
Post-traumatic stress disorder. Juvenile fiction.
Stock car racing. Juvenile fiction.
Teenage girls. Fiction.
Twin sisters. Fiction.
Friendship. Fiction.
Fathers. Fiction.
Post-traumatic stress disorder. Fiction.
Stock car racing. Fiction.
North Carolina. History. 20th century. Juvenile fiction.
United States. Civilization. 20th century. Juvenile fiction.
North Carolina. History. 20th century. Fiction.
United States. Civilization. 20th century. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book

In this fourth story about the Honeycutts (Blue; Comfort; Aim), fourteen-year-old twins Ellie and Ida grow apart as the family struggles to cope with Daddy's post-war trauma. Alternating narratives (with the occasional free-verse entry) relate each sister's unique interests and progression on her own life path. The 1952 setting, with social tensions including the Korean War and the polio epidemic, makes a compelling backdrop to this coming-of-age story. Reading list, websites.

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Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-350).

Word Count: 71,814

Reading Level: 3.9

Interest Level: 5-9

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.9 / points: 10.0 / quiz: 500845 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:4.3 / points:18.0 / quiz:Q77675

Lexile: HL570L

Guided Reading Level: Y

Fountas & Pinnell: Y

Twin sisters find themselves growing apart as they respond differently to their father’s postwar trauma, the NASCAR speedway in their town, and their new high school

With home life destabilized by her father’s post-World War II trauma, Ellie Honeycutt seeks escape at the NASCAR speedway and in her dreams of travel and college. Meanwhile, her twin sister, Ida, clings to family and finds solace in her sketchbook. Their close relationship is threatened when they both fall for the same charming classmate at their new high school—but a devastating car accident renews the sisters’ deep bond, forcing them to reverse their roles.

Set against the backdrop of the nuclear arms race and the 1952 presidential election, this middle grade historical fiction novel is a powerful story of sisterhood and growing up, told in the twins’ alternating voices.

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