The glass castle : a memoir

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Label

The glass castle : a memoir

Title remainder

a memoir

Statement of responsibility

Jeannette Walls

Creator

• Walls, Jeannette
• Walls, Jeannette
• trueWalls, Jeannette

Subject

• Children of alcoholics -- United States -- Biography
• trueChildren of alcoholics -- Biography
• trueChildren of alcoholics -- United States -- Biography
• Children of alcoholics -- West Virginia | Welch -- Biography
• Children of alcoholics -- West Virginia | Welch -- Biography
• Dysfunctional families -- United States -- Case studies
• Dysfunctional families -- West Virginia | Welch -- Case studies
• Dysfunctional families -- West Virginia | Welch -- Case studies
• trueEccentrics and eccentricities
• trueFamily and Relationships -- Growing Up
• trueFamily relationships
• trueGrowing up
• Homeless persons -- Family relationships -- New York (State) | New York
• Homeless persons -- Family relationships -- New York (State) | New York
• trueHomeless persons -- New York City
• trueLife stories -- Relationships | Growing up
• Poor -- West Virginia | Welch -- Biography
• Poor -- West Virginia | Welch -- Biography
• truePoor people -- West Virginia -- Biography
• Walls, Jeannette
• Walls, Jeannette
• trueWalls, Jeannette -- Childhood and youth
• trueWelch, West Virginia -- Biography
• trueAdult books for young adults
• trueAutobiographies and memoirs
• trueBooks to movies
• trueChild neglect victims -- Biography

Genre

• trueBooks to movies
• trueCase studies
• trueFamily and Relationships
• trueLife stories
• trueBiography
• trueAutobiographies and memoirs
• trueAdult books for young adults

Language

eng

Tone

• trueReflective

Writing style

• trueWitty
• trueEngaging

Award

• ALA Notable Book, 2006.
• Alex Award, 2006.
• Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Books for Young Adults, 2005.
• Garden State Teen Book Award (New Jersey), Nonfiction, 2008.
• Virginia Readers' Choice Award for High School, 2009.
• New York Times Notable Book, 2005
• YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2008
• YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults, 2015.
• YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound, 2009.

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 362.82/092
• B

Index

no index present

Intended audience

1010

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

HV5132

LC item number

.W35 2005

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

1010

Literary form

non fiction

Target audience

adult