Bigger Than a Bread Box
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Publication Year
2011
ISBN
9780375969164
Pages
226 pages
Genre
fantasy
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Devastated when her parents separate, twelve-year-old Rebecca must move with her mother from Baltimore to Gran's house in Atlanta, where Rebecca discovers an old bread box with the power to grant any wish--so long as the wished-for thing fits in the bread box.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Separation; separated parents; separate homes
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
separated parents
Awards
Great Stone Face Book Award, 2012-2013
Nominee
Keywords
wishes; grandma's house; moving; magic; problems; new school
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Snyder, Laurel, "Bigger Than a Bread Box" (2011). Diverse Families. 1162.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1162