num_pages: 189
description: Ann Martin's phenomenal Newbery Honor book, now in paperback. The summer Hattie turns 12, her predictable small-town life is turned on end when her uncle Adam returns home for the first time in over 10 years. Hattie has never met him, never known about him. He's been institutionalized; his condition involves schizophrenia and autism.Hattie, a shy girl who prefers the company of adults, takes immediately to her excitable uncle, even when the rest of the family -- her parents and grandparents -- have trouble dealing with his intense way of seeing the world. And Adam, too, sees that Hattie is special, that her quiet, shy ways are not a disability,.
language: English
title: A Corner of the Universe
titlecomplete: A Corner of the Universe
genres: Fiction, Family, Coming Of Age, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Childrens, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 15083
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Scholastic Inc.