Author: Jeffrey Eugenides Publisher: Vintage Canada ISBN: 0307401936 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 258
Book Description
First published in 1993, The Virgin Suicides announced the arrival of a major new American novelist. In a quiet suburb of Detroit, the five Lisbon sisters—beautiful, eccentric, and obsessively watched by the neighborhood boys—commit suicide one by one over the course of a single year. As the boys observe them from afar, transfixed, they piece together the mystery of the family’s fatal melancholy, in this hypnotic and unforgettable novel of adolescent love, disquiet, and death. Jeffrey Eugenides evokes the emotions of youth with haunting sensitivity and dark humor and creates a coming-of-age story unlike any of our time. Adapted into a critically acclaimed film by Sofia Coppola, The Virgin Suicides is a modern classic, a lyrical and timeless tale of sex and suicide that transforms and mythologizes suburban middle-American life.
Author: Richard Linklater Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780312094669 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 134
Book Description
Uses ads, cartoons, and newspaper articles from the seventies and profiles of characters from the movie to offer a satiric look at the period.
Author: Lauren Myracle Publisher: Turtleback Books ISBN: 9781417827015 Category : Friendship Languages : en Pages : 219
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Chronicles, in "instant message" format, the day-to-day experiences, feelings, and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela, as they begin tenth grade.
Author: Chris Colin Publisher: Broadway ISBN: 9780767914796 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 285
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Through his classmates' intensely personal stories from a decade defined by Monica Lewinsky, economic downturn and 9/11, Colin presents an arresting picture of an extraordinary era.
Author: Margaret Speaker Yuan Publisher: Infobase Learning ISBN: 1438149085 Category : Authors Languages : en Pages : 120
Book Description
A 2003 Newbery Award winner for his book Crispin : The Cross of Lead, Avi is one of the foremost children's and young adults' authors read in the classroom today.
Author: Linda Parent Lesher Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476603898 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 489
Book Description
This reader’s guide provides uniquely organized and up-to-date information on the most important and enjoyable contemporary English-language novels. Offering critically substantiated reading recommendations, careful cross-referencing, and extensive indexing, this book is appropriate for both the weekend reader looking for the best new mystery and the full-time graduate student hoping to survey the latest in magical realism. More than 1,000 titles are included, each entry citing major reviews and giving a brief description for each book.
Author: Ted Lewin Publisher: Hyperion Books ISBN: 9780786810093 Category : Illustrators Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
These days, artist Ted Lewin, the winner of a 1994 Caldecott Honor Medal, is at the top of his game. During his earlier years, as he recounts in this acclaimed autobiography, he was competing in a very different sort of arena--the pro wrestling tour. Illustrated with photos, sketches, and paintings.
Author: Susanna Kaysen Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0804151113 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 194
Book Description
30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. Her memoir of the next two years is a "poignant, honest ... triumphantly funny ... and heartbreaking story" (The New York Times Book Review). WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR The ward for teenage girls in the McLean psychiatric hospital was as renowned for its famous clientele—Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, James Taylor, and Ray Charles—as for its progressive methods of treating those who could afford its sanctuary. Kaysen's memoir encompasses horror and razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients and their keepers. It is a brilliant evocation of a "parallel universe" set within the kaleidoscopically shifting landscape of the late sixties. Girl, Interrupted is a clear-sighted, unflinching document that gives lasting and specific dimension to our definitions of sane and insane, mental illness and recovery.
Author: Rodman Philbrick Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1409591050 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 140
Book Description
Max is used to being called Stupid. And he is used to everyone being scared of him. On account of his size and looking like his dad. Kevin is used to being called Dwarf. And he is used to everyone laughing at him. On account of his size and being some cripple kid. But greatness comes in all sizes, and together Max and Kevin become Freak The Mighty and walk high above the world. An inspiring, heartbreaking, multi-award winning international bestseller.
Author: Jeffrey Eugenides
Author: Richard Linklater
Author: Lauren Myracle
Author: Chris Colin
Author: Margaret Speaker Yuan
Author: Linda Parent Lesher
Author: Ted Lewin
Author: Susanna Kaysen
Author: New York Public Library
Author: Rodman Philbrick