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Year of the Beasts
Contributor(s): Castellucci, Cecil (Author)

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 ISBN: 1250050766     ISBN-13: 9781250050762
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Dating & Sex
- Young Adult Fiction | Family - Siblings
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 12-18
Grade Level: 7-13
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" L (0.60 lbs) 208 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest
- Topical - Family
- Topical - Friendship
Features: Ikids, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 151446
Reading Level: 3.9   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 3.0
 
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Publisher Description:

Alternating chapters of prose and comics (illustrated by Eisner Award-winning graphic novelist Nate Powell) are interwoven in Cecil Castelucci's extraordinary YA novel about jealousy and grief, and how they cut us off from the ones we love.

Every summer the trucks roll in, bringing the carnival and its infinite possibilities to town. This year Tessa and her younger sister Lulu are un-chaperoned and want to be first in line to experience the rides, the food . . . and the boys. Except this summer, jealousy will invade their relationship for the first time, setting in motion a course of events that can only end in tragedy, putting everyone's love and friendship to the test.

Castellucci's deft shifting between straight prose and graphic novel visualize how Tessa processes the events of the summer, seeing herself and her friends as freaks personified by characters from Greek mythology.

Contributor Bio(s): Castellucci, Cecil: - Cecil Castellucci's books include Boy Proof (Candlewick, 2005), The Plain Janes (Minx/DC Comics, 2007), The Year of the Beasts (Roaring Brook, 2012), and Tin Star (a 2015 Sunburst Award Winner). She collaborated with artist Sara Varon on Odd Duck, a graphic novel for young readers. She is the YA editor of the Los Angeles Review of Books and a two-time Macdowell Fellow. She lives in Los Angeles.
 
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