Robyn Schneider's The Beginning of Everything is a witty and heart-wrenching teen novel that will appeal to fans of books by John Green and Ned Vizzini, novels such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and classics like The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye. Varsity tennis captain Ezra Faulkner was supposed to be homecoming king, but that was before--before his girlfriend cheated on him, before a car accident shattered his leg, and before he fell in love with unpredictable new girl Cassidy Thorpe. As Kirkus said in a starred review, Schneider takes familiar stereotypes and infuses them with plenty of depth. Here are teens who could easily trade barbs and double entendres with the characters that fill John Green's novels. Funny, smart, and including everything from flash mobs to blanket forts to a poodle who just might be the reincarnation of Jay Gatsby, The Beginning of Everything is a refreshing contemporary twist on the classic coming-of-age novel--a heart-wrenching sto...
On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake struck the east coast of Japan and forever changed the lives of thousands of people, challenging
their will, their strength, and their perseverance.
In Light that Will Overcome the Wave, Kristina Culley-Snyder explores the importance of hope through the fictional experiences of thirteen-year-old Ryota Kiritani, whose life was forever changed when his home and family were destroyed on that fateful spring day in 2011. Where do you find hope when you lose everything you love? How can you move forward when everything around you crumbles? A child should never have to ask themselves such questions, yet, in the face of unimaginable loss, Ryota finds himself doing just that.
Product details
- Paperback | 150 pages
- 127 x 203 x 9mm | 168g
- 29 Nov 2017
- Kristina Lynn Culley
- English
- 1773702440
- 9781773702445
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