Three Little Words
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Publication Year
2012
ISBN
9781459800656
Pages
218 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Sid leaves his foster family on their remote island home in search of the mother he doesn't remember and a brother he's never met, he's ill-prepared for the surprises he finds.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
HL682L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Racial Diversity; Disability and Health; Foster care; Multiracial; Physical disability; Mental illness; foster teenager; foster parents; foster siblings; foster family; birth parents; multiracial family; mute; mute child; bipolar disorder
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Family Formation
foster mother and father
Awards
Bolen Children's Book Prize, 2013, Short List
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2013 Coming of Age
Keywords
brothers; art; Canada; friendship; missing family; feelings; grandmother
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Harvey, Sarah N., "Three Little Words" (2012). Diverse Families. 213.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/213