The Boy on Cinnamon Street
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Publication Year
2012
ISBN
9780545215121
Pages
234 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
A story about a wounded girl and the boy who won't give up on her. 7th grader Louise should be the captain of her school's gymnastics team - but she isn't. She's fun and cute and should have lots of friends - but she doesn't. And there's a dreamy boy who has a crush on her - but somehow they never connect. Louise has everything going for her - so what is it that's holding her back? Phoebe Stone tells the winning story of the spring when 7th grader Louise Terrace wakes up, finds the courage to confront the painful family secret she's hiding from - and finally get the boy.
Grade Level
3-5, 6-8
Lexile Measure
720L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Family member death; Legal guardianship; death of a mother; grandparents raising grandchild; grandparents raising granddaughter
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
grandmother and grandfather
Awards
Booklist Editors Choice: Books for Youth, 2012
Booklist Top 10 Romance Fiction for Youth, 2012
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, 2013-2014, Nominee
Indian Paintbrush Book Award, 2014-2015, Nominee
Keystone to Reading Book Award, 2013-2014, Nominee
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Keywords
best friends; memory; friendship; suicide; crushes; trauma; abandonment
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Stone, Phoebe, "The Boy on Cinnamon Street" (2012). Diverse Families. 773.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/773