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(0)Frank McCourt
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
The author describes his coming of age as a teacher, storyteller, and writer, a personal journey during which he spent fifteen years finding his voice in the classroom, and came to terms with the undervalued importance of teaching.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
26 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When six-year-old Angela decides that the uncovered baby Jesus is cold in his manger in the church, she takes him home to warm him up, little guessing the trouble that will follow.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 23
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
In his best-selling memoir, filled with poverty and humor, suffering and grace, Frank McCourt traces his childhood in Limerick. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and nominated for the PEN/Faulkner award, Angela's Ashes is an unflinching vision of life on the dole in Ireland. It is also a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit. Frank McCourt's early years are a nightmare. His father is a drunk; his mother is often pregnant; social services...