Title
Waiting for Normal
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Publication Year
2008
ISBN
9780060890896
Pages
290 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Twelve-year-old Addie tries to cope with her mother's erratic behavior and being separated from her beloved stepfather and half-sisters when she and her mother go to live in a small trailer by the railroad tracks on the outskirts of Schenectady, New York.
Grade Level
6-8
Lexile Measure
570L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Adoption; Divorce; Incarceration; Parental rights termination; Poverty; Step parent; Illness; adoptive family; divorced parents; custody; separate homes; step father; losing parental rights; mother in prison; financial hardship; cancer
Main Character
pre-teen female
Race/Ethnicities
Multiple
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2008, Finalist, Middle Grade Novels
Schneider Family Book Award, 2009, Winner, Middle School
Keywords
family; hamster; mini-mart; trailer; growing up; school; alone; food; struggling; friendship; normal
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Connor, Leslie, "Waiting for Normal" (2008). Diverse Families. 2133.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2133