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Ben and the Sudden Too-Big Family

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By Colby Rodowsky
Publisher Farrar, Straus Giroux - (Farrar, Straus Giroux (BYR))
Ben and the Sudden Too-Big Family
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Bens philosophy of life is that there are two categories of things that happen, the allright stuff and the notallright stuff. Ben has always lived with just his dad, Mitch, which definitely falls into the allright category. When Mitch meets Casey and they decide to get married, that turns out to be all right, too. Then Mitch and Casey decide to adopt a baby from China, and Ben isnt sure which category the whole baby thing is going to fit into. After the baby comes home (its all right), Casey and Mitch announce that the four of them as a family are going on vacation with Caseys family. All twentythree of them! Ben is sure this will not be all right! How elevenyearold Ben finds his place in a crazybig family makes this a funny novel about family and what it means to be a part of one.

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26446 words26,446 words
128 pages128 pages
Lexile 1010LLexile 1010L
Grade 5 to 9Grade 5 to 9
Age 10-14Age 10-14
Published 2007Published 2007

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9780374306588

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