For thirteen-year-old Samantha, life consists of too many unanswered questions. Why has her father not tried to contact her all these years? How could he have allowed her twin sister to drown in Clear
"...middle-graders looking for a simple mystery will be pleased, and the story may inspire them to think about the concepts of identity and family that are threaded through the story."
-Booklist
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Leveling Information
Accelerated Reader
AR Quiz#: 102988
AR Reading Level: 3.8
AR Points: 7
F&P (Fountas & Pinnell)
F&P Level: Y
F&P Grade: 6th & up
Reading Counts
Reading Counts Level: 3.5
Reading Counts Points: 12
Reading Counts Interest Level: 6-8
Categories
Fiction
Mystery
Young Adult
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DORI HILLESTAD BUTLER is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction for young readers, including Do You Know the Monkey Man? and Sliding into Home. She has also published stories for children in magazines such as Highlights for Children, Cricket, Spider, Children's Digest, and Child Life. Butler is the children's book review columnist for the Cedar Rapids Gazette. She lives with her husband and two children in Coralville, Iowa.
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