| Authors: |
Pearsall, Shelley
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Urban schools -- Fiction.
Geometry -- Study and teaching -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Self-confidence -- Fiction.
Family problems -- Fiction.
City and town life -- Fiction.
Geometry -- Fiction.
Schools -- Fiction.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
Boston, Mass. ; London : Little, Brown, 2008, c2006. |
| Description: |
234 p. ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780316115261 (pbk.) 0316115266 (pbk.) |
| Notes: |
Includes a reader's guide. |
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| Tags |
mathematics, realistic fiction, african american, cleveland, friendship, geometry, urban, high school, multiple perspectives, school stories, teen, world records, ya, young adult, abuse, foster family, gangs, inner-city, juvenile fiction, leadership, middle school, moving, ohio, orphans, pride, project, race, realistic, teacher, vandalism, 11th century, 2010, 6-8, boy, brothers, children, children's, children's fiction, confidence, contemporary, determination, family problems, fathers, foster care, foster children, girl, grades, hart, inner city, junior high school, math fiction, maud, multiple pov, perseverance, self-confidence, sons, students, teaching, teamwork, urban life, voice |
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| Summary: |
Five urban middle school students, their teacher, and other community members relate how a school project to build the world's largest tetrahedron affects the lives of everyone involved. |