The lost language, Claudia Mills
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The lost language, Claudia Mills
Language
eng
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no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 9 to 12, Holiday House
resource.interestGradeLevel
Grades 4-6, Holiday House
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
The lost language
Oclc number
1198086421
Responsibility statement
Claudia Mills
Summary
"Sixth grader Betsy is the one who informs her best friend, Lizard, that thousands of the world's languages are currently threatened by extinction; Betsy's mother is a linguistics professor working frantically to study dying languages before they are lost forever. But it is Lizard who, gripped by the magnitude of this loss, challenges Betsy, "What if, instead of WRITING about dying languages, like your mom, you and I SAVED one instead?" As the girls embark on their quest to learn as much as possible of the near-extinct language of Guernésiais (spoken on the Isle of Guernsey, off the coast of France), their friendship faces unexpected strains. With Lizard increasingly obsessed with the language project, Betsy begins to seek greater independence from her controlling and charismatic friend, as well as from her controlling and charismatic mother. Then tragedy threatens Betsy's life beyond what any words can express, and Lizard does something unthinkable. Maybe lost friendships, like lost languages, can never be completely saved."--, Amazon
Target audience
pre adolescent
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- Schools -- Fiction
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- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Best friends -- Fiction
- Language and languages -- Fiction
- Friendships -- Juvenile fiction
- Best friends -- Juvenile fiction
- Langage et langues -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Children's stories
- Amitié -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Family members -- Juvenile fiction
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- Middle schools -- Fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
- Language and languages -- Juvenile fiction
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- Fictional Work
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- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Écoles moyennes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Novels in verse
- Amis -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Best friends -- Fiction
- Language and languages -- Fiction
- Friendships -- Juvenile fiction
- Best friends -- Juvenile fiction
- Langage et langues -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Children's stories
- Amitié -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Schools -- Juvenile fiction
- Family members -- Juvenile fiction
- Romans en vers
- Middle schools -- Fiction
- Family life -- Fiction
- Language and languages -- Juvenile fiction
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