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Awards:   Nominated for Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award. Nominated for IRA Children's Book Award for Younger Readers. Winner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2011 Winner of Young Adult Services Division, School Library Journal Author Award.
Author:   Swati Avasthi
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
ISBN:  

9780375863417


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   24 January 2012
Recommended Age:   From 14 years
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Awards

  • Nominated for Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award.
  • Nominated for IRA Children's Book Award for Younger Readers.
  • Winner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2011
  • Winner of Young Adult Services Division, School Library Journal Author Award.

Overview

A riveting portrait of life after abuse from an award-winning novelist. Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father’s fist), $3.84, and a secret. He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his changes can’t make him forget what he left behind—his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret. At least so far. Worst of all, Jace realizes that if he really wants to move forward, he may first have to do what scares him most: He may have to go back. Award-winning novelist Swati Avasthi has created a riveting and remarkably nuanced portrait of what happens after. After you’ve said enough, after you’ve run, after you’ve made the split—how do you begin to live again? Readers won’t be able to put this intense page-turner down.

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Author:   Swati Avasthi
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Imprint:   Ember
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.254kg
ISBN:  

9780375863417


ISBN 10:   0375863419
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   24 January 2012
Recommended Age:   From 14 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Teenage / Young adult
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you.

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Review, Booklist, January 1, 2010 A nuanced and mournful work; Avasthi is a writer to watch. Review, Publishers Weekly, January 25, 2010: . ..gripping and heartbreaking. -- Publishers Weekly Review, School Library Journal, March 2010: . ..raw and intimate, dramatic and poetic. -- School Library Journal Review, Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 2010: This taut, complex family drama depicts abuse unflinchingly but focuses on healing, growth and learning to take responsibility for one's own anger. -- Kirkus Reviews From the Hardcover edition.


Review, Booklist, January 1, 2010-A nuanced and mournful work; Avasthi is a writer to watch.- Review, Publishers Weekly, January 25, 2010: -...gripping and heartbreaking.- --Publishers Weekly Review, School Library Journal, March 2010: -...raw and intimate, dramatic and poetic.- --School Library Journal Review, Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 2010: -This taut, complex family drama depicts abuse unflinchingly but focuses on healing, growth and learning to take responsibility for one's own anger. --Kirkus Reviews From the Hardcover edition.


Review, Booklist, January 1, 2010<br> A nuanced and mournful work; Avasthi is a writer to watch. <br><br>Review, Publishers Weekly, January 25, 2010: <br>. ..gripping and heartbreaking. -- Publishers Weekly <br> <br>Review, School Library Journal, March 2010: <br> . ..raw and intimate, dramatic and poetic. -- School Library Journal <br> <br>Review, Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 2010: <br> This taut, complex family drama depicts abuse unflinchingly but focuses on healing, growth and learning to take responsibility for one's own anger. -- Kirkus Reviews <br><br><br> From the Hardcover edition.


Review, Booklist, January 1, 2010 A nuanced and mournful work; Avasthi is a writer to watch. Review, Publishers Weekly, January 25, 2010: gripping and heartbreaking. Publishers Weekly Review, School Library Journal, March 2010: raw and intimate, dramatic and poetic. School Library Journal Review, Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 2010: This taut, complex family drama depicts abuse unflinchingly but focuses on healing, growth and learning to take responsibility for one s own anger. Kirkus Reviews From the Hardcover edition.


Author Information

Swati Avasthi teaches creative writing and is working toward her MFA at the University of Minnesota, where she received a grant to complete Split. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and their two children.

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