| After Contributor(s): Prose, Francine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060080833 ISBN-13: 9780060080839 Publisher: Harperteen OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: Now in paperback--a haunting novel about what happens when protection at a school goes too far and what it means to have freedom extinguished in the name of safety. From the acclaimed author of the National Book Award finalist "Blue Angel." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Violence - Young Adult Fiction | School & Education - General - Young Adult Fiction | Science Fiction - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002014386 |
| Lexile Measure: 770 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5" W x 7.2" (0.49 lbs) 330 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 68888 Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: School has become a prison. |
Contributor Bio(s): Prose, Francine: - Francine Prose is the author of twenty-one works of fiction, including Mister Monkey; the New York Times bestseller Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932; A Changed Man, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; and Blue Angel, a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, and the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim, a Fulbright, and a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, she is a former president of PEN American Center and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in New York City. |