Counting Backwards Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Lascarso, Laura (Author) |
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ISBN: 1442406917 ISBN-13: 9781442406919 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: August 2013 |
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BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Runaways - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Juvenile Fiction | Love & Romance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dewey: FIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCCN: 2011034783 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Age Level: 14-17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grade Level: 9-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lexile Measure: 730(Not Available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.51" W x 8.27" L (0.55 lbs) 288 pages | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Description: In this haunting and hopeful debut novel, a teen's court-mandated psychiatric residency prompts a change in perspective from which there is no looking back. Taylor Truwell is a sixteen-year-old girl from Florida with a troubled past, a neglectful mother, a seemingly callous father, and an urge to flee. When Taylor is caught with a stolen car, her reaction lands her in court for resisting arrest. Her father convinces the judge of an alternative to punishment: treatment in a juvenile psychiatric correctional facility. And so Taylor arrives at Sunny Meadows. Sunny Meadows is anything but the easy way out, and Taylor has to fight hard just to hold on to her sanity as she battles her parents, an intrusive therapist, and a group of particularly nasty fellow patients. But even as Taylor clings to her stubborn former self, she gradually relents to new friendships--and to unexpected romance. Sunny Meadows goes against everything Taylor stands for. But could it be the place that saves her? In this striking debut, Laura Lascarso weaves together a powerful story of anger and self-destruction, hope and love, and the complicated way that it all comes together. |
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Contributor Bio(s): Lascarso, Laura: - Laura Lascarso is the author of Counting Backwards, her debut novel. She lives in north Florida with her husband, two children, three chickens, and a dog named Lucy. Visit her at LauraLascarso.com. |
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