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OverviewZach is riding the Greyhound bus through a snowstorm to visit his older brother Derek, whom he hasn't seen in seven months. That's when their parents finally went broke paying Derek's doctor's bills and had to give him up as a ward of the state. Nothing--not drawing in his sketchbook, not basketball--lets Zach forget that his brother is living in a mental institution five states away. But surprisingly, sitting next to a talkative teenage girl he nicknames Purplehead starts to take the edge off Zach's pain. Prompted by a chain of unpredictable events and by the people he meets along the way, Zach's cynical humor gives us a poignant look at medical insurance and health care systems for the mentally ill, and at the everyday fears, joys, and revelations of adolescence. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sis DeansPublisher: Henry Holt & Company Imprint: Henry Holt & Company Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781627792639ISBN 10: 1627792635 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 28 February 2012 Recommended Age: From 12 to 18 years Audience: Young adult , Teenage / Young adult Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews. ..compassionate and amusing, with memorable characters... -- Kirkus Reviews . ..gracefully crafted... -- Horn Book . ..compassionate and amusing, with memorable characters... -- Kirkus Reviews . ..rewarding....and readers will be drawn into imagining how their own lives might be changed by hopping a Hound. -- BCCB . ..gracefully crafted... -- Horn Book . ..compassionate and amusing, with memorable characters... -- Kirkus Reviews . ..compassionate and amusing, with memorable characters... -- Kirkus Reviews . ..gracefully crafted... -- Horn Book . ..compassionate and amusing, with memorable characters... -- Kirkus Reviews . ..rewarding....and readers will be drawn into imagining how their own lives might be changed by hopping a Hound. -- BCCB . ..gracefully crafted... -- Horn Book . ..compassionate and amusing, with memorable characters... -- Kirkus Reviews """...gracefully crafted..."" --Horn Book ""...compassionate and amusing, with memorable characters..."" --Kirkus Reviews ""...rewarding....and readers will be drawn into imagining how their own lives might be changed by hopping a Hound."" --BCCB" . ..gracefully crafted... -- Horn Book . ..compassionate and amusing, with memorable characters... -- Kirkus Reviews . ..rewarding....and readers will be drawn into imagining how their own lives might be changed by hopping a Hound. -- BCCB Author InformationSis Deans is a winner of the Maine Chapbook Award and a Lupine Honor Award recipient. She lives in Gorham, Maine, with her family. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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