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Paper things / Jennifer Richard Jacobson.

Jacobson, Jennifer, 1958- (author.).

Summary:

When Ari's mother died four years ago, she had two final wishes: that Ari and her older brother, Gage, would stay together always, and that Ari would go to Carter, the middle school for gifted students. So when nineteen-year-old Gage decides he can no longer live with their bossy guardian, Janna, Ari knows she has to go with him. But it's been two months, and Gage still hasn't found them an apartment. He and Ari have been "couch surfing," staying with Gage's friend in a tiny apartment, crashing with Gage's girlfriend and two roommates, and if necessary, sneaking into a juvenile shelter to escape the cold Maine nights. But all of this jumping around makes it hard for Ari to keep up with her schoolwork, never mind her friendships, and getting into Carter starts to seem impossible. Will Ari be forced to break one of her promises to Mama?

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780763663230
  • ISBN: 0763663239
  • ISBN: 9780763694418
  • ISBN: 076369441X
  • ISBN: 9781537910642
  • Physical Description: 376 pages ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 9-12.
830L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.4 10.0 172485.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.4 10 172485.
Awards Note:
CCBC Choices, 2016
Charlotte Huck Honorable Mention, 2016
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2019.

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Subject:
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Siblings > Juvenile fiction.
Gifted girls > Juvenile fiction.
Promises > Juvenile fiction.
Homeless children > Juvenile fiction.
Siblings.
Maine > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.

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  • 165 of 181 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library JUV FIC JACOBSON (Text) 36015001432505 Juvenile Fiction Battle of the Book Available -
Sneads Ferry Branch Library JUV FIC JACOBSON (Text) 36015001225685 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Swansboro Branch Library JUV FIC JACOBSON (Text) 36015000913133 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/13/2026

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