| Wonderland: A Year in the Life of an American High School Contributor(s): Bamberger, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802141978 ISBN-13: 9780802141972 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $11.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: For one year, the students, parents, and teachers of Pennsbury High School invited the author into their classrooms, their homes, their parties, and their dreams where he discovered an extraordinary and disparate group of everyday teenagers whose stories were touching, odd, funny, and beautiful. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Education | Secondary - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 305.235 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.98" W x 9.13" (0.70 lbs) 224 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 107106 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pennsbury High School would be like any other were it not for one thing: its prom. Its spring dance is considered to be one of this country's best legacies. Wonderland is the inspiring true story of a dance floor and the kids who fill it: a tale of hope, sex, love, and loss. For one year, the students, parents, and teachers of Pennsbury invited Michael Bamberger, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, into their classrooms, their homes, their parties, and their dreams. He discovered an extraordinary and disparate group of everyday teenagers whose stories were touching, odd, funny, and beautiful. In Wonderland, lives intersect in unpredictable ways and are never what they appear to be. The star quarterback hides the pain of not knowing where his father is. A student with cerebral palsy is desperate to learn to tie Eagle Scout knots, despite a useless left hand. And then there is Bob Costa, who dreams of bringing glory to the school by convincing John Mayer, whose song Your Body Is a Wonderland is an anthem for the students, to perform at the prom. Critically acclaimed in hardcover, Wonderland is published in paperback with a new afterword by the author. |