Half Apache and mostly orphaned, Edgar's trials begin on an Arizona reservation at the age of seven, when the mailman's jeep accidentally runs over his head. Shunted from the hospital to a school for delinquents to a Mormon foster family, comedy, pain, and trouble accompany Edgar through a string of larger-than-life experiences. Through it all, readers will root for this irresistible innocent who never truly loses heart, and whose quest for the mailman leads him to an unexpected home.

Author: Brady Udall
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/01/2001
Pages: 422
Weight: 1.78lbs
Size: 9.53h x 6.66w x 1.47d
ISBN: 9780393020366

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.6
Point Value: 24
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 74327 / Miracle Life of Edgar Mint


Award: 2002 Reading the West Winner - Adult Fiction
Award: 2002 Spur Awards Winner - Novel of the West


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2001 pg. 536
Publishers Weekly 05/28/2001 pg. 46
Booklist 05/01/2001 pg. 1669
Newsweek 06/25/2001 pg. 91
Library Journal 06/01/2001 pg. 219
New York Times 07/01/2001 pg. 16
Entertainment Weekly 08/03/2001 pg. 63
School Library Journal 11/01/2001 pg. 192
Entertainment Weekly 12/21/2001 pg. 134

About the Author
Udall, Brady: - Brady Udall is the author of New York Times bestseller The Lonely Polygamist, The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint, and Letting Loose the Hounds. He teaches at Boise State University and lives in Boise, Idaho, with his wife and children.