All the Ways the World Can End Contributor(s): Sher, Abby (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250158478 ISBN-13: 9781250158475 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
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Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Health & Daily Living - Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Parents - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement |
Dewey: FIC |
Age Level: 12-18 |
Grade Level: 7-13 |
Lexile Measure: 820 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" L (0.60 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Features: Ikids |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A laughter through tears YA novel about a teenage girl struggling to deal with her father's terminal cancer--in all the wrong ways All the Ways the World Can End by Abby Sher is at times heart wrenching while at others hilarious. Lenny (short for Eleanor) feels like the world is about to end. Her best friend is moving to San Francisco and her dad is dying. To cope with her stress Lenny is making a list of all the ways the world can end--designer pathogens, blood moon prophecies, alien invasion--and stockpiling supplies in a bunker in the backyard. Then she starts to develop feelings for her dad's very nice young doctor--and she thinks he may have feelings for her too. Spoiler alert: he doesn't. But a more age-appropriate love interest might. In a time of complete uncertainty, one thing's for sure: Lenny's about to see how everything is ending and beginning. All at the same time. Praise for All the Ways the World Can End: "Lenny's grief feels palpable and honest." --Kirkus Reviews "Expressing the same type of magical thinking explored in Sher's memoir, Amen, Amen, Amen, the novel delineates destructive and healthy responses to loss, and shows that beauty and continuity can exist amid tragedy." --Publishers Weekly |
Contributor Bio(s): Sher, Abby: - Abby Sher is a writer and performer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Self, Jane, Elle, and more. She is also the author of All the Ways the World Can End (Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers), Breaking Free: True Stories of Girls Who Escaped Modern Slavery, Amen, Amen, Amen: Memoir of a Girl Who Couldn't Stop Praying, and Kissing Snowflakes. One of her essays has recently been optioned by Amazon for a television series. Abby has written and performed for The Second City, Upright Citizen's Brigade, HBO and NPR. She is currently a co-producer of the Chucklepatch Comedy Show and she lives in New Jersey with her family. www.abby-sher.com. |
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