The Glass Castle: A Memoir
by Walls, Jeannette
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AR Book Level
5.9
AR Points
12
Word Count
74,218
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
105049 EN
About this book
The author recalls growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father and distant mother and describes how she and her siblings finally found the resources and will to leave. The plot contains profanity, sexual situations, and alcohol abuse.