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Darby Creek Publishing

Just the Series: Gift

Series and Publisher: Gift

Annotation: A strange dream character offers to grant Cherry her wish for the ability to plant thoughts in other people's minds, from her racist grandmother to her best friend.

Genre: [Fantasy fiction]

Reviews: 1

Catalog Number: #82986

Format: Library Binding

Special Formats: High Low

Publisher: Darby Creek Publishing

Edition Date: 2014 Release Date: 08/01/14

Pages: 96 pages

ISBN: 1-467-73514-0

ISBN 13: 978-1-467-73514-8

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2013044288

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
Psychic ability. Fiction.
High schools. Fiction.
Schools. Fiction.
Family problems. Fiction.

Language: English

Reviews:

Horn Book (Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2015)

A mysterious stranger bestows supernatural abilities on conflicted teens, with each gift serving as a catalyst for their particular human drama. Despite some overt messaging, the blend of humor ("I don't do flying--it's just pointless"); wish fulfillment; astute character development; understated social commentary; and a diverse, multifaceted cast gives this new hi/lo series broad appeal and resonance.

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Horn Book (Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 CDT 2015)

Word Count: 13,897

Reading Level: 4.0

Interest Level: 7-12

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 4.0 / points: 2.0 / quiz: 167573 / grade: Upper Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:4.3 / points:6.0 / quiz:Q65301

Lexile: HL580L

Guided Reading Level: T

Fountas & Pinnell: T

Cherry has everything figured out: she'll live peacefully with her grandma, hang out with her BFF Tanaya, and go to cosmetology school after she graduates. If only Tanaya and her grandma would see it her way and stop fighting her about it. When a cute boy says he can give her the gift of thought planting, things start to come together. But how far can her superpower take her before she needs to speak up for herself?

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