| ISBN |
9781760528706 (pbk.) |
| 1760528706 (pbk.) |
| 9781760529444 (Hardcover) |
| Classification Number |
Y |
| Author |
Foxlee, Karen, 1971- |
| Title |
Lenny's book of everything [BK] |
| Series |
Premier's Reading Challenge 5-6 |
| 2019 CBCA Award for Older Readers shortlisted book |
| 2020 Winner Ethel Turner Prize for Young Adult Literature |
| Note |
Maps on endpapers. |
| Includes bibliographical references (page 339). |
| Lenny, small and sharp, has a younger brother Davey who won't stop growing and at seven is as tall as a man. Raised by their single mother, who works two jobs and is made almost entirely out of worries, they have food and a roof over their heads, but not much else. The bright spot every week is the arrival of the latest issue of Burrell's Build-It-at-Home Encyclopedia. Through the encyclopedia, Lenny and Davey experience the wonders of the world and dream about a life of freedom and adventure, visiting places like Saskatchewan and Yellowknife and the gleaming lakes of the Northwest Territories. But as her brother's health deteriorates, Lenny realizes thes ome wonders can't be named. |
| Subject |
Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction |
| Single parent families -- Juvenile fiction |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Juvenile fiction |
| Critically ill children -- Juvenile fiction |
| Critically ill children -- Family relationships -- Juvenile fiction |
| Australian fiction |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
| Young adult fiction |
| Imagination in children -- Juvenile fiction |
| Brothers and sisters -- Juvenile fiction |
| Critically ill children -- Juvenile fiction |
| Single parent families -- Juvenile fiction |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- Juvenile fiction |
| Critically ill children -- Family relationships -- Juvenile fiction |
