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The Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole

Michelle Cuevas, illustrated by Michelle Cuevas

After Stella is bereaved, her highly unusual pet, a black hole, starts swallowing both her possessions and her grief. Its appetite eventually takes in Stella and her younger brother as well. The story pairs a fantastic pet with grief and a sibling relationship, and it includes humorous black-and-white sketches. Stella’s experience unfolds around a black hole that is anything but an ordinary animal companion.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
710L
ATOS Book Level
4.8
AR Interest Level
MG
AR Points
4
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
Q
Themes
Grief And Loss · Humor · Siblings · Space And Astronomy
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Rocky Pond Books
Published
September 11, 2018
Pages
224
ISBN-13
9780399539145
Language
English
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