Building Blocks

by Cynthia Voigt

Overview

What would it be like to be older than your father?

Brann Connell is sick of hearing his parents argue all the time. Seems to Brann his dad could stand up for himself more, instead of building a wall of excuses to hide behind. But some things never change—after all, his dad has always been this way. Or has he?

Brann never imagined that he would actually get the chance to find out. But suddenly he is hurled back in time to spend the day with his father as a young boy. In this single mystifying day of adventure, Brann discovers that there is more to his dad—and fate—than he thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442489233
Publisher:	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	03/26/2013
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	345,808
Lexile:	680L (what's this?)
File size:	453 KB
Age Range:	11 - 14 Years

About the Author

Cynthia Voigt won the Newbery Medal for Dicey’s Song, the Newbery Honor Award for A Solitary Blue, and the National Book Award Honor for Homecoming, all part of the beloved Tillerman Cycle. She is also the author of many other celebrated books for middle grade and teen readers, including Izzy, Willy-Nilly, and Jackaroo. She was awarded the Margaret A. Edwards Award in 1995 for her work in literature, and the Katahdin Award in 2004. She lives in Maine.

Editorial Reviews

A frustrated 12-year-old boy experiences a singular fantasy--and learns a valuable lesson--in a novel praised by PW for its ``grace and conviction.'' Ages 12-up. (June)

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