6 results for "Literature"

UnWholly

Shusterman, Neal
"Thanks to Connor, Lev, and Risa, and their high-profile revolt at Happy Jack Harvest Camp, people can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding. Ridding society of troublesome teens and, in the same stroke, providing much-needed tissues for transplant might be convenient, but its morality has finally been brought into question. However, unwinding has become big business, and there are powerful political and corporate interests that want to see it not only continue, but expand, allowing the unwinding of prisoners and the impoverished. Cam is a teen who does not exist. He is made entirely out of the parts of other unwinds. Cam, a 21st century Frankenstein, struggles with a search for identity and meaning, as well as the concept of his own soul, if indeed a rewound being can have one. When a sadistic bounty hunter who takes "trophies" from the unwinds he captures starts to pursue Connor, Risa and Lev, Cam finds his fate inextricably bound with theirs"--
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers 2012-08-28 402 pages

Break to you

Shusterman, Neal,Young, Debra,Knowlden, Michelle
Bestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young and Michelle Knowlden, tells an intense yet tender story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love--no matter the consequences. Adriana knows that if she can manage to keep her head down for the next seven months, she might be able to get through her sentence in the Compass juvenile detention center. Thankfully, she's allowed to keep her journal, where she writes down her most private thoughts when her feelings get too big. Until the day she opens her journal and discovers that her thoughts are no longer so private. Someone has read her writings--and has written back. A boy who lives on the other side of the gender-divided detention center. A boy who sparks a fire in her to write back. Jon's story is different than Adriana's; he's already been at Compass for years and will be in the system for years to come. Still, when he reads the words Adriana writes to him, it makes him feel like the walls that hold them in have melted away. This fast-paced, highly compelling tour de force novel exposes what life is like in detention--and reveals the hearts of two teens who are forced to live in desperate circumstances.
Quill Tree Books 2024 407 pages

Neal Shusterman's Darkness Creeping II: More Tales to Trouble Your Sleep

Shusterman, Neal
Wondrously weird tales guaranteed to grab young readers. Contents: Neal Shusterman's Darkness Creeping II: More Tales to Trouble Your Sleep (1995) - interior artwork by Barbara Kiwak Riding the Raptor (1995) Trash Day (1995) An Ear for Music (1995) Soul Survivor (1995) Security Blanket (1995) Growing Pains (1995) Connecting Flight (1995) Crystalloid (1995)
Lowell House 1995-09-28 128 pages

What Daddy Did

Shusterman, Neal
Just One Big Happy Family... That's the way Preston Scott would have described his all-American family. His parents seemed to have everything, including the ideal marriage. But then their perfect life started to unravel. Mr. and Mrs. Scott began to. fight-vicious, hurtful, drawn-out battles that went on day after day. Finally one day Mrs. Scott moved out. And that's when Preston's nightmare began... Now, three years later, Preston's dad is getting out of prison, and Preston is no closer to coming to terms with his feelings about him. Because how can you forgive your father for killing someone...when that someone was your mother? Here is Preston's searing true story about upheaval, growth, faith ... and the power of love. No one has an inkling that handsome, athletic, and talented Preston Scott is carrying a terrible His father was imprisoned three years ago. Now Mr. Scott is coming home to live with Preston and his little brother, Tyler and Preston has yet to come to terms with his feelings about him. Because how can you forgive your father for killing someone . . . when that someone was your mother? This unforgettable novel is a fictionalized account based on the words of the boy who experienced these events firsthand. "Impossible to put down . . . a stunning novel." V. 1992 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA) Children's Choices for 1992 (IRA/CBC) Young Adult Choices for 1993 (IRA) 1992 Outstanding Young Adult Fiction Award (The Southern California Council on Literature) 1993 94 Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award (Oklahoma Library Association)
Perfection Learning Prebound 1993