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A Light in the Attic

A Light in the Attic

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by Shel Silverstein

Book Details

Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1981
Language: en
Pages: 176
ISBN: 9780060256746
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High confidence: 85%

Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 8+

Content Intensity

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💥ViolenceVery low
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❤️Love & RomanceNone
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🧠Mental HealthNone
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💬!*$#LanguageNone
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🍷🚬Substance UseNone
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😨Fear / HorrorVery low

Story Themes

What is this book about? Higher scores mean the theme is more central to the plot — not a warning.

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🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalBackground
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🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
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🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
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Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

From New York Times bestselling author Shel Silverstein, the creator of the beloved poetry collections Where the Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up, and Every Thing On It, comes an imaginative book of poems and drawings—a favorite of Shel Silverstein fans young and old.<br/>A Light in the Attic delights with remarkable characters and hilariously profound poems in a collection readers will return to again and again.<br/>Here in the attic you will find Backward Bill, Sour Face Ann, the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt, and the Polar Bear in the Frigidaire. You will talk with Broiled Face, and find out what happens when Somebody steals your knees, you get caught by the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Mountain snores, and They Put a Brassiere on the Camel.<br/>Come on up to the attic of Shel Silverstein and let the light bring you home.<br/>And don't miss Runny Babbit Returns, the new book from Shel Silverstein!

Themes & Topics

POETRY

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