The Compound - Rilegato

Bodeen, S. A.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0312370156 ISBN 13: 9780312370152

Casa editrice: Feiwel & Friends, 2008

Riassunto

After his parents, two sisters, and he have spent six years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, fifteen-year-old Eli, whose twin brother and grandmother were left behind, discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them all.

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L'autore:

S.A. Bodeen is the author of The Gardener and several picture books, including Elizabeti's Doll, winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award. The Compound earned her an ALA Quick Pick for Young Adults, a Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, and a Publishers Weekly "Flying Start." Bodeen grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. Her first friends were cows, which she named after characters in books. From there she went on to be a Peace Corps volunteer in East Africa, and has lived in seven states, as well as a remote Pacific island. She adores books and is a big fan of cheese. She lives in Oregon.

Product Description:

Eli and his family have lived in the Compound for six years. The world they knew is gone. Eli's father built the Compound to keep them safe. Now, they can't get out. He won't let them.

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• Editore: Feiwel & Friends
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0312370156
• ISBN 13: 9780312370152
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 248