When Dad Killed Mom

Jenna and Jeremy knew their parents' marriage was in trouble. But no one could have predicted what would come next.

Now with Mom dead and Dad in jail, Jenna and Jeremy must re-create a family of their own. But each guard a secret that could send their fragile new lives into a tailspin.

Newbery Honor winner Julius Lester paints a dramatic portrait of a family forced to confront the unimaginable.

Reader's guide included.

Reason: Banned, Violence, sexual content

Author: Julius Lester
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 06/01/2003
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780152046989

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 49889 / When Dad Killed Mom


Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 07/01/2003 pg. 24

About the Author
Lester, Julius: - JULIUS LESTER is the author of more than twenty books for young readers. He writes and teaches in western Massachusetts.