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Title details for Beetle Boy by Margaret Willey - Available

Beetle Boy

by Margaret Willey
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When he was seven, Charlie Porter never intended to become the world's youngest published author. He just wanted his father to stop crying. So he told him a story about a talking beetle—a dumb little story his mother made up to make him feel better. (That was before she left and feeling "better" became impossible.) But Charlie's story not only made his father stop crying. It made him start planning. The story became a book, and then it became school events and book festivals, and a beetle costume, and a catchphrase—"I was born to write!" Because of the story, Charlie stayed seven until he was ten. And then it all ended. Or it should have. Now Charlie is eighteen, and the beetles still haunt his dreams. The childhood he never really had is about to end . . . but there's still a chance to have a story of his own. Beetle Boy is a novel of a broken family, the long shadow of neglect, and the light of small kindnesses.

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  • Release date

    September 1, 2014

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781467765916

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781467765916
      • File size: 940 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 4.6
    • Lexile® Measure: 710
    • Interest Level: 9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3

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Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:4.6
  • Lexile® Measure:710
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:3