| Desire Lines Contributor(s): Gantos, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374417032 ISBN-13: 9780374417031 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: When 16-year-old Walker gets caught up in a witch-hunt against homosexuals, he is left to stand by and watch as a tragedy unfolds. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Suicide - Young Adult Fiction | Lgbt - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Peer Pressure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 860 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.45 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 18442 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sixteen-year-old Walker has discovered something potentially scandalous--two of his female classmates are having an affair. It is a secret he has no problem keeping to himself . . . until it comes to protecting his own reputation. It is difficult to close Desire Lines without the overpowering feeling that evil's caretaker can very well be an average young man who lacks the courage to do what he knows is right. This is a morality play as painful and rage-inducing as a personal betrayal. Take it personally. You cannot read this without getting as emotionally involved as if you were a player in the story. --Chris Lynch |
Contributor Bio(s): Gantos, Jack: - Jack Gantos has written books for people of all ages, from picture books and middle-grade fiction to novels for young adults and adults. His works include Hole in My Life, a memoir that won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert Honors, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award Finalist, and Joey Pigza Loses Control, a Newbery Honor book. Jack was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, and when he was seven, his family moved to Barbados. He attended British schools, where there was much emphasis on reading and writing, and teachers made learning a lot of fun. When the family moved to south Florida, he found his new classmates uninterested in their studies, and his teachers spent most of their time disciplining students. Jack retreated to an abandoned bookmobile (three flat tires and empty of books) parked out behind the sandy ball field, and read for most of the day. The seeds for Jack's writing career were planted in sixth grade, when he read his sister's diary and decided he could write better than she could. He begged his mother for a diary and began to collect anecdotes he overheard at school, mostly from standing outside the teachers' lounge and listening to their lunchtime conversations. Later, he incorporated many of these anecdotes into stories. While in college, he and an illustrator friend, Nicole Rubel, began working on picture books. After a series of well-deserved rejections, they published their first book, Rotten Ralph, in 1976. It was a success and the beginning of Jack's career as a professional writer. Jack continued to write children's books and began to teach courses in children's book writing and children's literature. He developed the master's degree program in children's book writing at Emerson College and the Vermont College M.F.A. program for children's book writers. He now devotes his time to writing books and educational speaking. He lives with his family in Boston, Massachusetts. |