Holt includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 52 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. House arrest and millions of other books are available for instant access. But my brother levi is always so sick, and his medicine is always so expensive. Touching, humorous, and always original, house arrest is a funny book for teens in verse about a good boys hardwon path to redemption. He secretly joins a boxing group and falls in love with the sport, but how will he tell his family. Although, it is in verse it still shows the number of pages in the book. Timothy is a 12 year old boy put under house arrest for stealing a wallet. House arrest is a realistic fiction book appropriate for middle grade readers and ya readers about a 12yearold boy who will do anything to help his brother. Middle grade novel in verse, themes of boxing, personal growth, and self esteem, house arrest companion book by k. Holt chronicle books 10062015 97814524772 298 pages ages 914 stealing is bad. Touching, humorous, and always original, house arrest is a funny book for teens in verse about a good boys hard won path to redemption. He had to have a tracheotomy done to insert a tube in his neck that goes directly into his windpipe. Twelveyearold timothy is spending a year under house arrest after stealing a wallet to pay for medicine for his sick baby brother, levi. In the book house arrest, what was the bad news that came with the good news that timothys family had been approved for fulltime help for levi.
House arrest young adult fiction, books for teens by k. This is the story of levi, timothys younger brother, who had serious health issues in the original story. House arrest by k a holt book cover, description, publication history. The ideal addition to any young adult book collection, house arrest will delight reluctant readers and provides teenage motivation when its needed most. Timothys baby brother levi was born with subglottic stenosis that makes him unable to breathe normally. By turns touching and funny, and always original, house arrest is a middlegrade novel in verse about one boys path to redemption as he. House arrest is a realistic fiction book appropriate for middle grade readers and ya readers about a 12yearold boy who will do anything to. And yet, he is under house arrest for the next year. By turns touching and funny, and always original, house arrest is a middle grade novel in verse about one boys path to redemption as he navigates life with a sick brother, a grieving mother, and one tough probation officer.
House arrest is a middle grade novel in verse about one boys path to redemption as he navigates life with a sick brother, a grieving mother, and one tough probation officer. In this companion to house arrest, levi just wants to be treated like a typical kid. Its a strange word something that happens to other kids, to delinquents, not to kids like him. Levi is a teenager now, and struggling to figure out who he is, despite the extreme cautiousness encouraged by his brother and mother. Hours later after turning the last page, i found myself with tears streaming down my face, sad that the book was done. Knockout is the companion book to house arrest, and i enjoyed this book even more than the first one.