A List of Things That Didn't Kill Me: A Memoir Contributor(s): Schmidt, Jason (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250073723 ISBN-13: 9781250073723 Publisher: Square Fish OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics - Physical & Emotional Abuse (see Also Social - Young Adult Nonfiction | Family - Parents - Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - General |
Dewey: B |
Lexile Measure: 890 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.80 lbs) 432 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 179328 Reading Level: 5.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 20.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A List of Things That Didn't Kill Me by Jason Schmidt is a gripping, heartbreaking young adult memoir. Jason Schmidt wasn't surprised when he came home one day during his junior year of high school and found his father, Mark, crawling around in a giant pool of blood. Things like that had been happening a lot since Mark had been diagnosed with HIV, three years earlier. Jason's life with Mark was full of secrets--about drugs, crime, and sex. If the straights--people with normal lives--ever found out any of those secrets, the police would come. Jason's home would be torn apart. So the rule, since Jason had been in preschool, was never to tell the straights anything. A List of Things That Didn't Kill Me is a funny, disturbing memoir full of brutal insights and unexpected wit that explores the question: How do you find your moral center in a world that doesn't seem to have one? |
Contributor Bio(s): Schmidt, Jason: - Jason Schmidt was born in Oregon in 1972. He has a law degree, and he lives with his family in Seattle, Washington. |