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How many pages does the book Hush by Jacqueline Woodson?

How many pages does the book Hush by Jacqueline Woodson?

224
Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780142415511
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 59,971
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile: 640L (what’s this?)

What is hush about by Jacqueline Woodson?

When she is twelve, Toswiah and her older sister Cameron have to leave the place they’ve always known, change their identities and leave no trace of their past life.

How does the book Hush by Jacqueline Woodson end?

In the last scene, Toswiah/Evie visits Daddy in the medical facility where he’s recovering from his suicide attempt. They sit down together, and Toswiah/Evie realizes she’s forgiven her father for their relocation; she asks him to tell her about how he knew he wanted to be a cop.

What genre is hush Jacqueline Woodson?

Fiction
Hush/Genres

Where is Toswiah’s original?

When we start the journey with our narrator, she’s twelve years old and lives in Denver, Colorado. Importantly, her name is Toswiah Green. When we leave her at the end of the book, she’s fourteen, she lives somewhere in the Northeast—and her name is Evie Thomas.

What is the story of hush?

A deaf writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life must fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears in her window.
Hush/Film synopsis

Where does Anna want to go when she is 16 Hush?

While Mama quotes the Bible, Toswiah/Evie and Cameron/Anna tell her about things they need, but she says they don’t really need anything new and tells them they’re going to Kingdom Hall whether they like it or not.

What is unique about Jacqueline Woodson?

Jacqueline Woodson (born February 12, 1963) is an American writer of books for children and adolescents. She is best known for Miracle’s Boys, and her Newbery Honor-winning titles Brown Girl Dreaming, After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way.

Why did she smile at the end of Hush?

One of the film’s final shots is Maddie smiling when the police arrive; though this could be as simple as an expression of relief, it could also mean that she found the ending she wanted for her novel.

Is Hush based on true story?

So yes, it’s a ‘true story,’ but maybe one with an unreliable narrator.” Even so, the filmmakers read all they could about the house and its owner, consulted historical documents and period photographs, and visited the home five times.

How old are the characters in Hush by Jacqueline Woodson?

Hush by Jacqueline Woodson is a chapter book intended for readers in third through sixth grade. I gave it four stars. Evie Thomas and her family are forced to move out of Denver, out of the lives they knew so well. Her father, a police officer, had to testify against two of his fellow officers in the shooting of a black boy.

Who is toswiah in Hush by Jacqueline Woodson?

The Greens have had to change their identities and move to a different city. Now Toswiah is Evie Thomas, and that is the least of the changes. Her defeated father spends his days sitting by the window. Since her mother can no longer work as a teacher, she puts her energy

Who is the author of the book Hush?

Written nearly fifteen years ago, yet this could have happened yesterday. Woodson writes the most compelling, believable characters. And she approaches her expected reader-the young adult-with no need to soft pedal or condescend. These are real struggles and vital themes, written to include and explore. What an incredibly gifted writer.

What happens at the end of the book Hush?

Life at home is not easy. Her father’s depression overcomes him, and one morning in front of his family he tries to take his own life by cutting his wrist with a shard of glass. He is taken to a mental health facility, where he receives counseling and brings himself back together.