Split
Read by
Joshua Swanson
Release:
03/09/2010
Runtime:
8h 18m
Unabridged
Quantity:
…gripping and heartbreaking.
Publishers Weekly
Winner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2011
Nominated for Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award
Nominated for IRA Children's Book Award for Younger Readers
Nominated for Kentucky Bluegrass Award
Nominated for Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award
Nominated for Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award
Nominated for Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award
Nominated for Rhode Island Teen Book Award
Winner of Young Adult Services Division, School Library Journal Author Award
A riveting portrait of life after abuse from an award-winning novelist.
Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father’s fist), $3.84, and a secret.
He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his changes can’t make him forget what he left behind—his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret.
At least so far.
Worst of all, Jace realizes that if he really wants to move forward, he may first have to do what scares him most: He may have to go back. Award-winning novelist Swati Avasthi has created a riveting and remarkably nuanced portrait of what happens after. After you’ve said enough, after you’ve run, after you’ve made the split—how do you begin to live again? Readers won’t be able to put this intense page-turner down.
Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father’s fist), $3.84, and a secret.
He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his changes can’t make him forget what he left behind—his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret.
At least so far.
Worst of all, Jace realizes that if he really wants to move forward, he may first have to do what scares him most: He may have to go back. Award-winning novelist Swati Avasthi has created a riveting and remarkably nuanced portrait of what happens after. After you’ve said enough, after you’ve run, after you’ve made the split—how do you begin to live again? Readers won’t be able to put this intense page-turner down.
Release:
2010-03-09
Runtime:
8h 18m
Format:
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780307579959
Publisher:
Penguin Random House
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