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Paper Covers Rock
Jenny Hubbard
出版
Random House Children's Books
, 2011-06-14
主題
Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / General
Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Peer Pressure
Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement
ISBN
0375899421
9780375899423
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3SirxZkLzkwC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Michael L. Printz Honor Award-winning author of
And We Stay
Jenny Hubbard’s powerful debut novel.
“One of the best young adult books I’ve read in years.”—PAT CONROY
“
Paper Covers Rock
is dazzling in its intensity and intelligence, spell-binding in its terrible beauty.” —KATHI APPELT, author of the Newbery Honor Book The Underneath
Sixteen-year-old Alex has just begun his junior year at a boys’ boarding school when he fails to save a friend from drowning in a river on campus. Afraid to reveal the whole truth, Alex and Glenn, who was also involved, decide to lie. But the boys weren’t the only ones at the river that day . . . and they soon learn that every decision has a consequence.
A William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist
A
Booklist
Editors’ Choice
A
Horn Book
Fanfare
A
School Library Journal
Best Book of the Year
A
Publishers Weekly
Flying Start Author
A
Booklist
Top 10 First Novel for Youth
An ABC Top 10 New Voices Selection
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“The
poignant
first-person narration is a deftly woven mixture of confessional entries, class assignments, poems, and letters. . . . [A] tense dictation of
secrets, lies, manipulation
, and the ambiguity of honor.” —
The Horn Book Magazine
,
Starred
*
"In the tradition of John Knowles’s
A Separate Peace
. . . . A
powerful, ambitious debut
.” —
Publishers Weekly
,
Starred
*
"Those who are looking for something to ponder will enjoy this
compelling
read.” —School Library Journal
,
Starred
*
“This novel introduces Hubbard
as a bright light to watch
on the YA literary scene.” —
Booklist
,
Starred