The fingertips of Duncan Dorfman
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525423041 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0525423044 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
294 p. ; 22 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Dutton Childrens Books, 2011.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Baldwin Library copy signed and dated by the author. "Designed by Irene Vanderwort"--t.p. verso. |
Summary, etc.: | Twelve-year-olds Duncan Dorfman, April Blunt, and Nate Saviano meet at the Youth Scrabble Tournament where, although each has a different reason for attending and for needing to win, they realize that something more important is at stake than the grand prize. |
Awards Note: | Nutmeg Award Nominee, Intermediate, 2014. |
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Subject: | Interpersonal relations Juvenile fiction Contests Fiction Scrabble (Game) Fiction Ability Fiction Individuality Fiction Interpersonal relations Fiction |
Available copies
- 33 of 33 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 33 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | jF WOLITZER, M. (Text) | 32544072269102 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | J FIC Wol (Text) | 33160102475756 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | J F/WOLITZER (Text) | 34029123662149 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Burnham Library - Bridgewater | J FIC WOLITZER (Text) | 36937000554890 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | J FIC WOL (Text) | 34014132903767 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Canterbury Public Library | J WOLITZER (Text) | 33190000336511 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Chester Public Library | J WOL (Text) | 33210000311395 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | jWOL (Text) | 33180120602850 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Deep River Public Library | J F/Realistic Fiction/Woli (Text) | 36039001123765 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Derby Public Library | JJ DOR (Text) | 34047124479792 | Chapter Book Fiction | Available | - |
Author Notes
The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman
Meg Wolitzer was born on Long Island, New York on May 28, 1959. She is the daughter of novelist Hilma Wolitzer. She studied creative writing at Smith College and graduated from Brown University in 1981. Her first novel, Sleepwalking, was published in 1982. Her other books include Hidden Pictures, This Is Your Life, Friends for Life, The Wife, The Position, The Ten-Year Nap, and The Uncoupling. Her short story Tea at the House was featured in 1998's Best American Short Stories collection. Her books This Is My Life and Surrender, Dorothy were adapted into films. She has taught creative writing at the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop and Skidmore College and has written several Hollywood screenplays. She currently teaches writing at Columbia University. Her title, The Female Persuasion, made the bestseller list in 2018. (Bowker Author Biography)