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Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe
Contributor(s): Norton, Preston (Author)

ISBN: 1484798686 ISBN-13: 9781484798683
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2019

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Loners & Outcasts
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 14-18

Grade Level: 9-13

Lexile Measure: 660 HL (High-Low)

Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5" W x 7.9" L (0.90 lbs) 432 pages

Themes:
- Topical - Friendship
- Topical - Death/Dying
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
- Topical - Family

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 502316
Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 15.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
A "funny and sweetly oddball" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel about an odd-couple friendship formed by a mission to make their high school to suck less, for readers "seeking doors to the universe" (Booklist, starred review) and a razor sharp, moving, and outrageously funny read. Cliff Hubbard is a huge loser. Literally. His nickname at Happy Valley High School is Neanderthal because he's so enormous--6'6" and 250 pounds to be exact. He has nobody at school, and life in his trailer-park home has gone from bad to worse ever since his older brother's suicide. And there's no one Cliff hates more than the nauseatingly cool quarterback Aaron Zimmerman, who after a near-death experience claims God gave him a list of things to do to make Happy Valley High suck less. And God said there's only one person who can help: Neanderthal.

To his own surprise, Cliff says he's in. As he and Aaron make their way through the List, which involves a vindictive English teacher, a mysterious computer hacker, a decidedly unchristian cult of Jesus Teens, the local drug dealers, and the meanest bully at HVHS, Cliff feels like he's part of something for the first time since losing his brother. But fixing a broken school isn't as simple as it seems, and just when Cliff thinks they've completed the List, he realizes their mission hits closer to home than he ever imagined.

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