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Beetle Boy

by Margaret Willey
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When he was seven, Charlie Porter never intended to become the world's youngest published author. He just wanted his father to stop crying. So he told him a story about a talking beetle—a dumb little story his mother made up to make him feel better. (That was before she left and feeling "better" became impossible.) But Charlie's story not only made his father stop crying. It made him start planning. The story became a book, and then it became school events and book festivals, and a beetle costume, and a catchphrase—"I was born to write!" Because of the story, Charlie stayed seven until he was ten. And then it all ended. Or it should have. Now Charlie is eighteen, and the beetles still haunt his dreams. The childhood he never really had is about to end . . . but there's still a chance to have a story of his own. Beetle Boy is a novel of a broken family, the long shadow of neglect, and the light of small kindnesses.
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Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: September 1, 2014

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  • ISBN: 9781467765916
  • Release date: September 1, 2014

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781467765916
  • File size: 940 KB
  • Release date: September 1, 2014

PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 9781467746267
  • File size: 2314 KB
  • Release date: September 1, 2014
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subjects

Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:4.6
Lexile® Measure:710
Interest Level:9-12(UG)
Text Difficulty:3

When he was seven, Charlie Porter never intended to become the world's youngest published author. He just wanted his father to stop crying. So he told him a story about a talking beetle—a dumb little story his mother made up to make him feel better. (That was before she left and feeling "better" became impossible.) But Charlie's story not only made his father stop crying. It made him start planning. The story became a book, and then it became school events and book festivals, and a beetle costume, and a catchphrase—"I was born to write!" Because of the story, Charlie stayed seven until he was ten. And then it all ended. Or it should have. Now Charlie is eighteen, and the beetles still haunt his dreams. The childhood he never really had is about to end . . . but there's still a chance to have a story of his own. Beetle Boy is a novel of a broken family, the long shadow of neglect, and the light of small kindnesses.
Expand title description text
Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Lerner Publishing Group

    Kindle Book
    Release date: September 1, 2014

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781467765916
    Release date: September 1, 2014

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781467765916
    File size: 940 KB
    Release date: September 1, 2014

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781467746267
    File size: 2314 KB
    Release date: September 1, 2014

  • Creators
  • Formats
    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    PDF ebook
  • Languages
    English
  • Levels
    ATOS Level: 4.6
    Lexile® Measure: 710
    Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    Text Difficulty: 3
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