Autobiography of a face
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Perennial, 2003.
ISBN
0060569662, 9780060569662
Lexile measure
1110L
Status
Description
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bloomingdale Public Library - Adult Biography | B GREALY | On Shelf |
Calumet City Public Library - Nonfiction | 362.196994716 GREALY | On Shelf |
Clarendon Hills Public Library - Stacks | BIOGRAPHY GREALY | On Shelf |
Hodgkins Public Library District - Stacks | BIOGRAPHY GRE | On Shelf |
Itasca Community Library - Memoir and Biography | B GREALY LUCY | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Perennial, 2003.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
236 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0060569662, 9780060569662
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 7.4, 11 Points
Level 7.4, 11 Points
Lexile measure
1110
Notes
Description
At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. In this strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit. Vividly portraying the pain of peer rejection and the guilty pleasures of wanting to be special, Grealy captures with unique insight what it is like as a child and young adult to be torn between two warring impulses: to feel that more than anything else we want to be loved for who we are, while wishing desperately and secretly to be perfect. "I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking different from everyone else. It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great tragedy of my life. The fact that I had cancer seemed minor in comparison."
Target Audience
1110L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Reading Counts RC,High School,8.9,17,Quiz: 00720,Guided reading level: NR.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,7.4,11,25905.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Grealy, L. (2003). Autobiography of a face (First Perennial edition.). Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Grealy, Lucy. 2003. Autobiography of a Face. Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Grealy, Lucy. Autobiography of a Face Perennial, 2003.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Grealy, Lucy. Autobiography of a Face First Perennial edition., Perennial, 2003.
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