The Art of Escaping Contributor(s): Callahan, Erin (Author) |
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ISBN: 194499565X ISBN-13: 9781944995652 Publisher: Amberjack Publishing
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: June 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Coming Of Age - Young Adult Fiction | Loners & Outcasts - Young Adult Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2017057654 |
Age Level: 0-18 |
Grade Level: PreK-13 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5" W x 7.9" L (0.65 lbs) 324 pages |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Booklist 04/15/2018 pg. 49 Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2018 pg. 117 Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2018 - Recommended - Readable BookPage 07/01/2018 Publishers Weekly 07/02/2018 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Seventeen-year-old Mattie has a hidden obsession: escapology. Emphasis on hidden. If anyone from school finds out, she'll be abandoned to her haters. Facing a long and lonely summer, Mattie finally seeks out Miyu, the reclusive daughter of a world-renowned escape artist. Following in Houdini's footsteps, Miyu helps Mattie secretly transform herself into an escapologist and performance artist. When Will, a popular athlete from school, discovers Mattie's act at an underground venue, Mattie fears her secret persona will be exposed. Instead of outing her, though, Will tells Mattie a secret not even his girlfriend knows. Through a blossoming friendship, the two must find a way to express their authentic selves. Told through the perspectives of the witty main characters, this funny and fresh debut explores the power of stage personas and secret spaces, and speaks to the uncanny ways in which friendships transform us. |
Contributor Bio(s): Callahan, Erin: - Erin grew up by a small glacial lake in New Hampshire and, after brief stints in Colorado and Rhode Island, she settled back in the Granite State with her husband and daughter. As a small child, she told her mother she'd defaced a wall with crayons because she'd been possessed by an imp. She's convinced that same imp drives her to write. When she's not at her day job or cranking out novels on her laptop, you can find her soaking in the new golden era of television, stalking her favorite musicians on Twitter, and trying not to embarrass herself on the volleyball court. She loves giant squids and the color red, hates the phrase "no offense," and thinks birds are creepy. Once upon a time, she was a lawyer but found herself unemployed at the height of the recession. For her own sanity she started writing, and to make ends meet she took a job at a residential program for teens. The kids she met there will forever serve as a well of inspiration for the contemporary YA she writes. |
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