My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park

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Author: Steve Kluger
Publisher: Speak
Publish Date: March 2009
Language: English
Reading Level: 6.1
EAN: 9780142413432

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Overview

Best friends and unofficial brothers since they were six, ninth-graders T.C. and Augie have got the world figured out. But that all changes when both friends fall in love for the first time. Enter Al‚. She’s pretty, sassy, and on her way to Harvard. T.C. falls hard, but Al‚ is playing hard to get. Meanwhile, Augie realizes that he’s got a crush on a boy. It’s not so clear to him, but to his family and friends, it’s totally obvious! Told in alternating perspectives, this is the hilarious and touching story of their most excellent year, where these three friends discover love, themselves, and how a little magic and Mary Poppins can go a long way.

Details

Pages: 416
Dimensions: 8.21 x 5.58 x 1.11 in
Lexile Score: 1030
Interest Level: Upper Grade (UG)
Point Value: 13
ISBN: 0142413437

Awards

2011 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee (Grades 9-12)
2011 Green Mountain Book Award - Nominee (Grades 9-12)
2010 Rhode Island Teen Book Award - Nominee (Ages 12 & Up)
2010 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee (Young Adult)