How I Saved My Father's Life (And Ruined Everything Else)
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication Year
2008
ISBN
9780545231688
Pages
224 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
After her father leaves and marries the glamorous Ava Pomme, Madeline blames her mother for their difficult new life, but in spite of the twelve-year-old's efforts to achieve sainthood, it takes a summer trip to Italy to put her family into perspective.
Grade Level
3-5; 6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Divorce; divorced parents
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
divorced parents
Awards
Middle and Junior High Schoool Library Catalog, Ninth Edition Supplement 2008, 2008
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Keywords
remarriage; recovery; hypochondriac; ballet; magazine; Italy
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Hood, Ann, "How I Saved My Father's Life (And Ruined Everything Else)" (2008). Diverse Families. 977.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/977