| Death Coming Up the Hill Contributor(s): Crowe, Chris (Author) |
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ISBN: 1328904105 ISBN-13: 9781328904102 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Boys & Men - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century - Young Adult Fiction | Novels In Verse |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 930 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.40 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Teen - Sex & Gender - Boy's Interest - Topical - Boy's Interest - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 179325 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A strikingly innovative and powerful story, Death Coming Up the Hill portrays the momentous events of the year 1968 as seen through the eyes of a perceptive seventeen-year-old boy. "Take a look at this gripping, fast-moving quick pick." --The Bulletin It's 1968, and war is not foreign to seventeen-year-old Ashe. His racist father married his peace-activist mother when she became pregnant with him, and ever since, the couple, like the situation in Vietnam, has been engaged in a "senseless war that could have been prevented." When his high school teacher dares to teach the political realities of the war, Ashe grows to better understand the situation in Vietnam, his family, and the world around him. But when a new crisis hits his parents' marriage, Ashe finds himself trapped, with no options before him but to enter the fray. |
Contributor Bio(s): Crowe, Chris: - CHRIS CROWE, a professor of English at Brigham Young University, has published award-winning fiction and nonfiction for teenagers, poetry, essays, books, and many articles for academic and popular magazines. He is a popular speaker and writer in librarian and teacher circles. He lives with his wife in Provo, Utah. Learn more about Chris at chriscrowe.com and follow him on Twitter @crowechris. |