Book
The Hundred Penny Box
by Sharon Bell Mathis
- Published
- 1975
- Genre
- Fiction
- Words
- 5878
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 3.9
- AR interest level
- LG — lower grades, K–3
- Lexile
- 600L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 5–9
Michael's hundred-year-old great-aunt Dew keeps a box containing one penny for every year of her life; when Michael's mother wants to discard it, he understands that the box preserves Aunt Dew's memories and identity.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780142407028
Tags
Award Winners-Boston Globe/Horn Book Award/HonorsAward Winners-Newbery HonorAward Winners-SLJ Best BookPeople-Aunts & Uncles, including Nonbinary PeoplePeople-GrandparentsRecommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 3-5Recommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 6-8