Can't Get There from Here - Hardcover

Strasser, Todd

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689841698 ISBN 13: 9780689841699

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2004

Synopsis

Her street name is Maybe
She lives with a tribe of homeless teens -- runaways and throwaways, kids who have no place to go other than the cold city streets, and no family except for one another. Abused, abandoned, and forgotten, they struggle against the cold, hunger, and constant danger.
With the frigid winds of January comes a new girl: Tears, a twelve-year-old whose mother doesn't believe her stepfather abuses her. As the other kids start to disappear -- victims of violence, addiction, and exposure -- Maybe tries to help Tears get off the streets...if it's not already too late.
Todd Strasser, author of the powerful and disturbing Give a Boy a Gun, again focuses on an important social issue as he tells a thought-provoking, heart-wrenching story of young lives lost to the streets, and of a society that has forgotten how to care.

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Review:

"After reading this book, you'll feel as if you spent a few hours in the shoes of a homeless kid."

-- "YM"

"Gritty and harsh..."

-- "VOYA"

"Strasser powerfully lays out the desperate realities of living on the street."

-- "Denver Post"

"Strasser's vibrant prose plunges young reads into Maybe's hard life, all without the use of profanity. A very welcome addition to the slice-of-life genre in YA literature that may help to change some real lives."--"Kirkus Reviews"

"A powerful and disturbing look at the downward spiral of despair that remains too common for too many teens."--"School Library Journal

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"A true-to-life novel that should hold strong appeal for teen readers--and help keep them off the streets."--"Bookpage"

About the Author:

Todd Strasser is the author of many award-winning YA novels, including The Wave, Give a Boy a Gun, Boot Camp, and Fallout, which the New York Times called "superb entertainment...and gripping suspense." His novel, Price of Duty, received uniformly enthusiastic reviews including a starred review from Booklist. School Library Journal called it "highly recommended," and it was a 2018 New York Public Library Best Book for Teens. Todd has also written for The New Yorker, Esquire, and The New York Times. His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages, and several have been adapted for TV and film, including The Wave, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and Drive Me Crazy, based on his novel, How I Created My Perfect Prom Date. Visit him at ToddStrasser.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0689841698
• ISBN 13: 9780689841699
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 198