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The how & the why  Cover Image Book Book

The how & the why / Cynthia Hand.

Summary:

"Cassandra McMurtrey has the best parents a girl could ask for; they've given Cass a life she wouldn't trade for the world. She has everything she needs--but she has questions, too. Like, to know who she is. Where she came from. Questions her adoptive parents can't answer, no matter how much they love her. But eighteen years ago, someone wrote Cass a series of letters. And they may just hold the answers Cass has been searching for. Alternating between Cass's search for answers and letters from the pregnant teen who placed her for adoption, this emotionally resonant narrative is the perfect read for fans of Nina LaCour and Jandy Nelson."--provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062693167
  • ISBN: 0062693166
  • Physical Description: 450 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
HL590L Lexile
Decoding demand: 97 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 89 (very high) Structure demand: 87 (very high) Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.2 15 507939.
Subject: Adopted children > Fiction.
Birthparents > Fiction.
Teenage girls > Fiction.
Teenage mothers > Fiction.
Genre: Young adult fiction.
Epistolary fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Teen fiction.

Available copies

  • 17 of 17 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Cass County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center YA HAN 2019 (Text) 0002205594654 Young Adult Fiction Available -


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