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Learning to Fall

Sally Engelfried

Thirteen-year-old Daphne spends the summer in Oakland with her father while her mother films a movie in Prague. She still feels hurt by a missed tenth-birthday meeting at a skate park, where she had hoped he would teach her an ollie. Trying it alone left her with a broken arm, and she has not skateboarded since. Her father has entered treatment for alcoholism and is working to repair their relationship with help from relatives, friends, and AA. A friendship with Alex helps Daphne gradually lower her defenses and reconsider whether she can trust her father.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
631L
ATOS Book Level
4.09
AR Interest Level
MG+
AR Points
7
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
O
Themes
Family · Friendship · Grief And Loss · Sports
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published
September 6, 2022
Pages
272
ISBN-13
9780316367974
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
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