The Way Back Home

$15.19

Hardcover
Author: Oliver Jeffers
Illustrator: Oliver Jeffers
Publisher: Philomel
Publish Date: April 2008
Language: English
Reading Level: 3.1
EAN: 9780399250743

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Overview

From the illustrator of the #1 smash hit The Day the Crayons Quit comes an imaginative tale of friendship in a world where what makes us different isn’t nearly as important as what makes us the same.

When a boy discovers a single-propeller airplane in his closet, he does what any young adventurer would do: He flies it into outer space! Millions of miles from Earth, the plane begins to sputter and quake, its fuel tank on empty. The boy executes a daring landing on the moon . . . but there’s no telling what kind of slimy, slithering, tentacled, fangtoothed monsters lurk in the darkness! (Plus, it’s dark and lonely out there.) Coincidentally, engine trouble has stranded a young Martian on the other side of the moon, and he’s just as frightened and alone. Martian, Earthling–it’s all the same when you’re in need of a friend.

Details

Pages: 32
Dimensions: 10.5 x 10.5 x 0.5 in
Lexile Score: 590
Interest Level: Lower Grade (LG)
Point Value: 0.5
ISBN: 0399250743

Awards

2009 Greenaway Medal - Nominee (Illustrator)