Book
Blister
by Susan Shreve
- Published
- 2003
- Genre
- Fiction
- Pages
- 160
- Words
- 27133
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.4
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 820L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 8–13
After her baby sister's death and her parents' separation, Alyssa moves to a new town and reinvents herself as 'Blister.' Lonely and angry, she experiments with a tougher identity while her grandmother helps her begin confronting the grief underneath it.
Collections
ALSC Notables
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780439193139
- ISBN-10
- 0439193133
Tags
ALSC NotablesFamily Life-Death/DyingFamily Life-GrandparentsFamily Life-Moving to a New AreaFamily Life-ParentsPeople-ChildrenRealistic Fiction