The glass castle: a memoir
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Published:
New York : Scribner, 2009, c2005.
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Book
Edition:
Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc:
288 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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This story is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a penetrating look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who hated anything to do with domesticity. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.

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English
ISBN:
9781439156964, 1439156964
Accelerated Reader:
UG
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Lexile measure:
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This story is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a penetrating look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and destructive. Her mother was a free spirit who hated anything to do with domesticity. The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. They fed, clothed, and protected one another, and eventually found their way to New York. Their parents followed them, choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered.
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1010,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.9,12.0,105049.
Study Program Information
Reading Counts RC,High School,7.1,22,Quiz: 37193,Guided reading level: NR.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Walls, J. (20092005). The glass castle: a memoir. Scribner hardcover edition. New York, Scribner.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Walls, Jeannette. 20092005. The Glass Castle: A Memoir. New York, Scribner.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Walls, Jeannette, The Glass Castle: A Memoir. New York, Scribner, 20092005.

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Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle: A Memoir. Scribner hardcover edition. New York, Scribner, 20092005.

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