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Oates, Joyce Carol

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ISBN 10: 0060541512 ISBN 13: 9780060541514

Casa editrice: Harperteen, 2006

Riassunto

While trying to find acceptance and come to terms with his own identity, a young boy goes on a journey of self-discovery that brings him into new worlds where he soon finds necessary answers to many of his questions from the most unexpected sources. Reprint.

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Recensione

“Fans of Oates’ previous YA books will want to read this.” (ALA Booklist (boxed review))

“Touching and believable. An unusually sensitive and sympathetic assessment.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)

“Palpable and compelling.” (The Horn Book)

“Raises thought-provoking questions.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review))

“Fine young adult literature.” (BookPage)

“A deftly written page-turner.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“A compelling story. The characters are well drawn. Sure to be a popular title.” (School Library Journal)

“With terse prose, she draws readers into the awakening consciousness of the teenage mate.” (KLIATT)

“Can’t-put-it-down thriller.” (Des Moines Sunday Register)

L'autore

Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Medal of Humanities, the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, and has been several times nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including the national bestsellers We Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, which was nominated for the National Book Award, and the New York Times bestseller The Falls, which won the 2005 Prix Femina. Her most recent novel is A Book of American Martyrs. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978.

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• Editore: Harperteen
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0060541512
• ISBN 13: 9780060541514
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288