Status
Available
Call number
Description
When Angel's self-absorbed mother leaves her and her younger brother with their poor great-grandmother, the eleven-year-old girl worries not only about her mother and brother, her imprisoned father, the frail old woman, but also about a mysterious man who begins sharing with her the wonder of the stars.
Collection
Publication
Clarion Books (2002), Edition: First Edition, 192 pages
Subjects
Awards
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2006)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2004)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 2005)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2005)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2004-2005)
South Dakota Children's Book Awards (Nominee — 2005)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2004)
Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature (Honor Book — 2003)
Mitten Award (Honor — 2002)
Jane Addams Children's Book Award (Honor Book — 2003)
The White Ravens (2003)
CCBC Choices (2003)
Teacher Favorites Award (2003)
Language
Original publication date
2002
Physical description
192 p.; 5.5 inches
ISBN
0618247440 / 9780618247448
UPC
046442247443