Postcards to Father Abraham
Publisher
Atheneum
Publication Year
2000
ISBN
9780689828522
Pages
304 pages
Genre
historical
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When sixteen-year-old Meghan loses her leg to cancer and her brother to Vietnam, she expresses intense anger in postcards which she writes to her idol, Abraham Lincoln.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Lexile Measure
610L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Family member death; Physical disability; Illness; death of a mother; acquired limb difference/amputation; missing leg; cancer
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
father
Awards
Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog, Ninth Edition, 2005
Middle And Junior High School Library Catalog, Supplement to the Eighth Edition, 2001
School Library Journal Book Review Stars, 2000 Grades 5 Up
Keywords
Abraham Lincoln; self-acceptence; runner; Springfield, Illinois; Vietnam War; writing; postcards
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Lewis, Catherine, "Postcards to Father Abraham" (2000). Diverse Families. 1597.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1597