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Half a World Away Hardcover - 2014

by Cynthia Kadohata

The new novel from a Newbery Medalist and National Book Award winner. Eleven-year-old Jaden, an emotionally damaged adopted boy, feels a connection to a small, weak toddler with special needs in Kazakhstan, where Jaden's family is trying to adopt a "normal" baby.


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  • Title Half a World Away
  • Author Cynthia Kadohata
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition 1st
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, NY
  • Date 2014-09
  • ISBN 9781442412750 / 1442412755
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.3 x 5.8 x 1 in (21.08 x 14.73 x 2.54 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 14 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 9
  • Reading level 670
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Topical: Adoption
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Love, Adoption
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013031627
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 07/01/2014, Page 72
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2015, Page 17
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 11/01/2014, Page 161
  • Horn Book Magazine, 11/01/2014, Page 94
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2015, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/15/2014, Page 0
  • New York Times Book Review, 10/19/2014, Page 17
  • Publishers Weekly, 06/23/2014, Page 0
  • PW Children's Starred Reviews, 12/01/2014, Page 72
  • School Library Journal, 09/01/2014, Page 125

About the author

Cynthia Kadohata is the author of the Newbery Medal-winning book Kira-Kira, the National Book Award winner The Thing About Luck, the Jane Addams Peace Award and PEN America Award winner Weedflower, Cracker!, Outside Beauty, A Million Shades of Gray, Half a World Away, Checked, A Place to Belong, Saucy, and several critically acclaimed adult novels, including The Floating World. She lives with her dogs and hockey-playing son in California. Visit her online at CynthiaKadohata.com.
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