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The Absolute Value of Mike

by Kathryn Erskine

Ages: 12+

Published: 2011

Publisher: Philomel

ISBN: 978-0-399-25505-2

Keywords: Adoption, Family Life, Loss and Grief

uncorrected galley Can a 14-year-old help a town full of loving but dysfunctional adults raise $40,000 in three weeks to adopt a Romanian child? Just maybe.