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Highlights
- After Grandma Mary dies, sixteen-year-old JP's safe, secure world quickly unravels.
- 12 Years
- 6.7" x 5.0" Paperback
- 276 Pages
- Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes
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About the Book
When his grandmother dies, 15-year-old JP's mother starts acting like a teenager, leaving JP to care for his mentally challenged father. Then she wins an old farmhouse and insists they live there--along with some of the neighborhood outcasts. Lost in the chaos of the house, JP doesn't know who he is anymore, or if he matters to either of his parents.Book Synopsis
After Grandma Mary dies, sixteen-year-old JP's safe, secure world quickly unravels. He finds himself living in complete chaos when his mother wins a farmhouse in an essay contest and insists on sharing her good fortune with other neighborhood outcasts. Suddenly there are no rules, and the house is filled with poets, musicians, a reformed drug addict, an abused teen, and too many others who seem to have replaced JP and his father in his mother's life. JP longs for his family to be restored to what it once was. But then somehow, amid the madness, his idea of family is redefined in ways he never expected.Review Quotes
[set star] "An emotional roller-coaster ride . . . A profound and heartwarming message about the various manifestations of love."--Publishers Weekly (starred) [set star] "Only a writer as talented as Han Nolan could make this improbable story line and bizarre cast of characters not only believable, but ultimately uplifting, intriguing, and memorable."--Booklist (starred) --
About the Author
HAN NOLAN is the author of six other highly acclaimed novels published by Harcourt.Dimensions (Overall): 6.7 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: .45 Pounds
Suggested Age: 12 Years
Number of Pages: 276
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Sub-Genre: Social Themes
Publisher: Clarion Books
Theme: Death, Grief, Bereavement
Format: Paperback
Author: Han Nolan
Language: English
Street Date: September 1, 2008
TCIN: 1003135386
UPC: 9780152064181
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-1304
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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