Jim Thorpe: Original All-American

Contributor(s): Bruchac, Joseph (Author)

ISBN: 9780142412336

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Binding Types:

Paperback

$12.99

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$25.94 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$24.74 (100+ copies: $23.99)

List/retail price:

$12.99

Pub Date: October 2, 2008

Dewey: B

Lexile Code: 0950

Features: Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 12 to UP

Physical Info: 0.90" H x 8.20" L x 5.50" W ( 0.55 lbs) 288 pages

BISAC Categories:

Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography and Autobiography | Sports and Recreation | Football | Cultural and Regional

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000106286 ( Jim Thorpe: Original All-American)

Reading level: 5.80

Interest level: MG

Point value: 10.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Focusing on Jim Thorpe's years at Pennsylvania's Carlisle Indian School, this title brings his early athletic career to life, while also dispelling some myths about him and movingly depicting the Native American experience at the turn of the 20th century. Photos.

Review Quotes: aThe novel is a superb blend of fiction and nonfiction, rooted in the authoras usual careful research.a "aKirkus Reviews"

Worth Considering