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Read Between the Lines

Read Between the Lines

by Jo Knowles
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/06/2015

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Does anyone ever see us for who we really are? Jo Knowles's revelatory novel of interlocking stories peers behind the scrim as it follows nine teens and one teacher through a seemingly ordinary day.

Thanks to a bully in gym class, unpopular Nate suffers a broken finger--the middle one, splinted to flip off the world. It won't be the last time a middle finger is raised on this day. Dreamer Claire envisions herself sitting in an artsy caf , filling a journal, but fate has other plans. One cheerleader dates a closeted basketball star; another questions just how, as a "big girl," she fits in. A group of boys scam drivers for beer money without remorse--or so it seems. Over the course of a single day, these voices and others speak loud and clear about the complex dance that is life in a small town. They resonate in a gritty and unflinching portrayal of a day like any other, with ordinary traumas, heartbreak, and revenge. But on any given day, the line where presentation and perception meet is a tenuous one, so hard to discern. Unless, of course, one looks a little closer--and reads between the lines.

ISBN:
9780763663872
9780763663872
Category:
School stories (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-06-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Candlewick Press
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
215.9x146.05x25.4mm
Weight:
0.49kg
Jo Knowles

Jo Knowles is the author of Read Between the Lines and See You at Harry’s as well as several other acclaimed young adult novels.

She lives in Vermont with her family.

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