After Contributor(s): Prose, Francine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060080833 ISBN-13: 9780060080839 Publisher: Harperteen
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 2004 Annotation: Now in paperback--a haunting novel about what happens when protection at a school goes too far and what it means to have freedom extinguished in the name of safety. From the acclaimed author of the National Book Award finalist "Blue Angel." |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Violence - Young Adult Fiction | School & Education - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2002014386 |
Age Level: 12-17 |
Grade Level: 7-12 |
Lexile Measure: 770(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5" W x 7.2" L (0.49 lbs) 330 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 05/17/2004 pg. 53 Kliatt 07/01/2004 pg. 23 Publishers Weekly 05/17/2004 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 68888 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: School has become a prison. |
Contributor Bio(s): Prose, Francine: - Francine Prose is the author of twenty-one works of fiction, including Mister Monkey; the New York Times bestseller Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932; A Changed Man, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; and Blue Angel, a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, and the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim, a Fulbright, and a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, she is a former president of PEN American Center and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in New York City. |
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