Kadohata, Cynthia.

Half a world away / Cynthia Kadohata. - 1st Atheneum Bks. for Young Readers pbk. ed. September 2015. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2015. �2014 - 225 p. ; 20 cm.

School Library Journal, September 2014 Booklist starred, July 2014 Pub Weekly, June 2014 New York Times, October 2014 Horn Book, April 2015 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2014 Kirkus Review, July 2014 Library Media Connection, May 2015

Twelve-year-old Jaden, an emotionally damaged adopted boy fascinated by electricity, feels a connection to a small, weak toddler with special needs in Kazakhstan, where Jaden's family is trying to adopt a "normal" baby.

4.7. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.



9781442412767


Adoption--Fiction.
International adoption--Fiction.
Stress (Psychology)--Fiction.
Abandoned children--Fiction.


Romance fiction

PZ7.K1166 / Hal 2015

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