Bibliograph

Ginny off the map, Caroline Hickey ; illustrations by Kelly Murphy

Type

Label

Ginny off the map, Caroline Hickey ; illustrations by Kelly Murphy

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 8-12, Little, Brown and Company

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Ginny off the map

Oclc number

1381478659

Responsibility statement

Caroline Hickey ; illustrations by Kelly Murphy

Summary

On the last day of fifth grade, super-smart eleven-year-old Ginny learns that her father, who is a military ER doctor, is being deployed to Afghanistan, devastating news because they are already moving to another post in Maryland and Ginny depends on her father to help her manage her obsessions, panic attacks and general meltdowns; one of her obsessions is geographical facts, and somehow Ginny hopes to use her geographical knowledge to overcome her difficulties interacting with other children--including her twelve-and-a-half-year-old brother, Patrick--and find what her father calls her "true north."

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification