The Whole Stupid Way We Are (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442431553)

What happens when everything you've got to give isn't enough to save someone you love?

It's Maine. It's winter. And it's FREEZING STINKIN' COLD! Dinah is wildly worried about her best friend, Skint. He won't wear a coat. Refuses to wear a coat. It's twelve degrees out, and he won't wear a coat. So Dinah's going to figure out how to help. That's what Dinah does--she helps. But she's too busy trying to help to notice that sometimes, she's doing more harm than good. Seeing the trees instead of the forest? That's Dinah.

And Skint isn't going to be the one to tell her. He's a helper guy too. He's worried about a little boy whose dad won't let him visit his mom. He's worried about an elderly couple in a too-cold house down the street.

But the wedge between what drives Dinah and what concerns Skint is wide enough for a big old slab of ice. Because Skint's own father is in trouble. Because Skint's mother refuses to ask for help even though she's at her breaking point. And because Dinah might just decide to...help. She thinks she's cracking through a sheet of ice, but what's actually there is an entire iceberg.

Author: N. Griffin
ISBN-10: 1442431555
ISBN-13: 9781442431553
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 02/05/2013
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.7
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 157164 / Whole Stupid Way We Are


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2012
Publishers Weekly 12/17/2012
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2013 - Reviewed - More Editing Needed
School Library Journal 02/01/2013 pg. 103
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2013 pg. 334
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2013 pg. 129
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 112 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style