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Dear Rachel Maddow
Contributor(s): Kisner, Adrienne (Author)
ISBN: 1250308836     ISBN-13: 9781250308832
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
OUR PRICE:   $16.19  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2019
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Politics & Government
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Dating & Sex
- Young Adult Fiction | Family - Blended Families
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.5 lbs) 288 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 501478
Reading Level: 4.4   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 9.0
 
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Publisher Description:

In Adrienne Kisner's Dear Rachel Maddow, a high school girl deals with school politics and life after her brother's death by drafting emails to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow in this funny and heartfelt young adult debut.

Brynn Haper's life has one steadying force--Rachel Maddow.

She watches her daily, and after writing to Rachel for a school project--and actually getting a response--Brynn starts drafting e-mails to Rachel but never sending them. Brynn tells Rachel about breaking up with her first serious girlfriend, about her brother Nick's death, about her passive mother and even worse stepfather, about how she's stuck in remedial courses at school and is considering dropping out.

Then Brynn is confronted with a moral dilemma. One student representative will be allowed to have a voice among the administration in the selection of a new school superintendent. Brynn's archnemesis, Adam, and ex-girlfriend, Sarah, believe only Honors students are worthy of the selection committee seat. Brynn feels all students deserve a voice. When she runs for the position, the knives are out. So she begins to ask herself: What Would Rachel Maddow Do?

Praise for Dear Rachel Maddow:

What unfolds is a heartbreaking but ultimately hopeful tale of a struggling student who sees an injustice and steps in. She does so unwillingly, but still, she does. Brynn is realistically depicted and even though this novel is epistolary, the supporting characters are well fleshed out, too. A necessary purchase wherever there are teens. --School Library Journal, starred review

In her debut novel, Kisner uses the epistolary format to portray the life of a girl who has very little parental support and is seemingly falling through the cracks at school. . .Revealing Brynn to be an individual with realistic insecurities, biases, and complexities, Kisner playfully explores the very human manner in which a stranger like Maddow might come to feel like a friend and confidant.--Publishers Weekly


Contributor Bio(s): Kisner, Adrienne: - Adrienne Kisner has master's and doctorate degrees in theology from Boston University and was inspired by her work with high school and college students to write Dear Rachel Maddow. She is also a graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts with an MFA in writing for children and young adults. Dear Rachel Maddow is her debut.