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The summer of the swans
Title:
The summer of the swans
JLCTITLE245:
Betsy Byars ; illustrated by Ted CoConis.
Personal Author:
Byars, Betsy Cromer, author.
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 1981.
Physical Description:
142 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780140314205

9781424222698
General Note:
Constantinos (Ted) Coconis (born 1927 in South Side, Chicago, Illinois) is an American illustrator who illustrated many children's books, including the 1971 Newbery Award-winning The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Cromer Byars, and The Golden God, Apollo by Doris Gates.
Abstract:
A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost.
Reading Level:
830 L Lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 4.9 4 Quiz 87 English fiction, vocabulary quiz available, literary skills quiz available, audio quiz available for beginning readers.
Subject Term:
People with mental disabilities -- Juvenile fiction.

Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction.

Reading (Elementary) -- Computer-assisted instruction.

Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.
Added Author:
Coconis, Constantinos,
Added Corporate Author:
Puffin Books,
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