The Alex Crow Contributor(s): Smith, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0147511763 ISBN-13: 9780147511768 Publisher: Speak OUR PRICE: $9.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Family - Adoption - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Death, Grief, Bereavement - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.1" (0.70 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 180707 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The author of Printz Honor book Grasshopper Jungle returns with another genre-bending literary exploration of the absurd. Once again blending multiple story strands that transcend time and place, Grasshopper Jungle author Andrew Smith tells the story of 15-year-old Ariel, a refugee from the Middle East who is the sole survivor of an attack on his small village. Now living with an adoptive family in Sunday, West Virginia, Ariel's story of his summer at a boys' camp for tech detox is juxtaposed against those of a schizophrenic bomber and the diaries of a failed arctic expedition from the late nineteenth century. Oh, and there's also a depressed bionic reincarnated crow.
Smith is a spiritual heir to Kurt Vonnegut" --Booklist, starred review "Fans of Smith's raunchy, profane, and provocative work will find this funny but morally serious tale deeply appealing." --Publishers Weekly, starred review |