| Permanent Record Contributor(s): Stella, Leslie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477847367 ISBN-13: 9781477847367 Publisher: Skyscape OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Depression - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Self-esteem & Self-reliance |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.70 lbs) 290 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Self-Esteem - Ethnic Orientation - Arabic - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Topical - Friendship |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Being yourself can be such a bad idea sometimes. For sixteen-year-old Badi Hessamizadeh, life is a series of public humiliations. After withdrawing from public school under mysterious circumstances, Badi enters Magnificat Academy as a junior. To make things "easier," his dad has even given him a new name: Bud Hess. Grappling with his Iranian-American identity, clinical depression, bullying, and a barely bottled rage, Bud is an outcast who copes by resorting to small revenges and covert acts of defiance, but the pressures of his home life, plummeting grades, and the unrequited affection of his new friend, Nikki, prime him for a more dangerous revolution. Strange letters to the editor begin to appear in Magnificat's newspaper, hinting that some tragedy will befall the school. Suspicion falls on Bud, and he and Nikki struggle to uncover the real culprit and clear Bud's name. Permanent Record explodes with dark humor, emotional depth, and a unique, powerful look at modern teen life. |