Finn Contributor(s): Olshan, Matthew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1890862142 ISBN-13: 9781890862145 Publisher: Bancroft Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2001 Annotation: A pregnant Mexican woman and a teenage girl embark on a journey to California together. Along the way they discover modern America, and the trials each of them has faced in their lives. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - General (see Also Headings Under Family) - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2001086370 |
Lexile Measure: 860 |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.70 lbs) 188 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 59207 Reading Level: 5.8 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Imagine a modern-day retelling of Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, with a teenage girl and a very pregnant young Mexican as the main characters. That's the gist of Matthew Olshan's brilliant literary debut, Finn: A Novel. The book's narrator is Chloe Wilder, a quiet girl, part tomboy, part survivor. Rescued from a murderous life with her mother, Chloe lives with her grandparents in the cocoon of a quiet, middle-class neighborhood. For the first time in her life, things are steady, safe--and stifling. Enter Silvia Morales, the grandparents' maid. Silvia is an illegal immigrant, but that's not her only secret: She's also pregnant, a transgression that gets her kicked out of the house. Not long after, Chloe is torn from her quiet life too, and forced to live on the run. While Finn is about Chloe and Silvia's comic mishaps--and their brushes with real danger--on the road, it's also a dark portrait of modern America, where smug suburbanites live minutes away from the wilderness of inner cities, and once-mighty rivers meander under superhighways. |