| Tumbling After Contributor(s): Witcover, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061053643 ISBN-13: 9780061053641 Publisher: Harper Voyager OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: Jack and Jilly Doone are twelve-year-old twins bound by blood and forbidden secrets. Running wild through endless August afternoons, they explore the tributaries of Chesapeake Bay, spinning fantasies and sneaking cigarettes. But when a near-drowning awakens a strange power in Jack, the line between fantasy and reality blurs. . . . Kestrel is an airie, one of five mutant races born in the conflict known as the Viral Wars. With one companion from each of the other races—a delph, a merm, a mander, and a boggle—he sets out to battle human enemies sworn to exterminate mutantkind. Now the destinies of two worlds move toward a shocking convergence . . . and a climax of violent transfiguration. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - General - Fiction | Science Fiction - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.36" W x 8.04" (0.58 lbs) 336 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 89339 Reading Level: 7.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 21.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jack and Jilly Doone are twelve-year-old twins bound by blood and forbidden secrets. Running wild through endless August afternoons, they explore the tributaries of Chesapeake Bay, spinning fantasies and sneaking cigarettes. But when a near-drowning awakens a strange power in Jack, the line between fantasy and reality blurs. . . . Kestrel is an airie, one of five mutant races born in the conflict known as the Viral Wars. With one companion from each of the other races—a delph, a merm, a mander, and a boggle—he sets out to battle human enemies sworn to exterminate mutantkind. Now the destinies of two worlds move toward a shocking convergence . . . and a climax of violent transfiguration. |
Contributor Bio(s): Witcover, Paul: - The author of Waking Beauty, Paul Witcover has also written a biography of Zora Neale Hurston and numerous short stories. He is the co-creator, with Elizabeth Hand, of the cult comic book series Anima and has served as the curator of the New York Review of Science Fiction reading series. His work has also appeared on HBO. He lives and writes in New York City. |