| Off the Grid Contributor(s): Choyce, Lesley (Author) |
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ISBN: 1459809262 ISBN-13: 9781459809260 Publisher: Orca Book Publishers OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience - Young Adult Fiction | Health & Daily Living - Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2014952062 |
| Lexile Measure: 540 |
| Series: Orca Soundings |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 4.2" W x 6.9" (0.25 lbs) 120 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Topical - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 182314 Reading Level: 3.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sixteen-year-old Cody was born and raised "off the grid" deep in the wilderness by idealistic parents. When his father becomes seriously ill, the family is forced to move into the city so he can get treatment. Attending high school for the first time, Cody is an oddity and has a hard time adjusting. He finds unlikely allies in DeMarco, an inner-city kid, and Ernest, a philosophical homeless man, and he begins a tentative friendship with Alexis. When he comes to DeMarco's defense in an altercation at school, Cody finds himself in trouble with the police. A second confrontation puts Cody in more trouble with the cops, and he is convinced he must escape to the family homestead or be arrested. But Cody is torn between fleeing the city or staying with his ailing father and facing whatever consequences come his way. |
Contributor Bio(s): Choyce, Lesley: - Lesley Choyce, who has been teaching English and creative writing for over thirty years, is the author of more than ninety books of literary fiction, short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction and young adult novels. He has won the Dartmouth Book Award, the Atlantic Poetry Prize and the Ann Connor Brimer Award. He has also been short-listed for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor, the White Pine Award, the Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award, the Aurora Award from the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association and, most recently, the Governor General's Literary Award. He lives in Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia. |