Abe in Arms (Reach and Teach) - Softcover

Pegi Deitz Shea

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9781604861983: Abe in Arms (Reach and Teach)

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ISBN 10: 1604861983 ISBN 13: 9781604861983

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A senior in high school, Abe's got a scholarship awaiting him, a hot girlfriend and a loving and wealthy adoptive family, including a brother his own age. But suddenly, horrific flashbacks and seizures rip him back to five years ago in war-torn Africa, where he lost his mother, his sister, his friends and almost his own life to torturous violence. Abe in Arms is a suspenseful, action-filled book that will open teens' eyes and hearts to the lives of young people exposed to violence around the world, uncovering terrible experiences of war.

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"A gripping tale that takes its place in the sad but necessary literature of Africa's child soldiers, joining such classics as What Is the What, Dave Eggers's fictionalized story of Sudanese child soldier Valentino Achak Deng." --Times Union (Albany, New York)

"Author Pegi Deitz Shea tells Abe's story with compassion, educating readers both about the Liberian conflict and about posttraumatic stress disorder and its treatments." --Teaching Tolerance

"Powerful books like Abe in Arms will help inspire younger and older readers to help put an end to children being trapped in the nightmare of war." --Craig Wiesner, cofounder, Reach And Teach

"Pegi Deitz Shea has written a powerful book for teens about young boys forced to become soldiers in war-torn countries like Liberia. She isn't afraid to take her readers to complicated and uncomfortable places. . . . How will those who survive, ever live normal lives?" --www.ChildrensBooksHeal.com

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PublisherPM PRESS
Publication date2010
ISBN 10 1604861983
ISBN 13 9781604861983
BindingPaperback
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Number of pages189
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. Reach and Teach Series; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2; 189 pages; NEW. Soft cover has blue spine with black lettering. Portraying the pressures of teens to live a normal life while facing mental illness, this suspenseful young adult novel follows the journey of success-bound Abe, who struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. A senior in high school, with a loving and wealthy adoptive family, Abe is on track for a big scholarship and an open future. Suddenly, horrific flashbacks rip him back to war-torn Africa, where five years previously he lost his mother, sister, friends, and almost his own life to torturous violence. During therapy, he uncovers even darker moments from his past that make him question how he survived. This action-filled thriller will open the eyes and hearts of teenagers to the lives of young people who have been exposed to profound violence around the world. Seller Inventory # 10384

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Book Description Paperback. Condition: New. New. No dust jacket as issued. Brand New! Support Pacific Northwest Independent Booksellers! Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 189 p. Reach and Teach. Audience: Children/juvenile; Young adult. A senior in high school, Abe's got a Division I track scholarship awaiting him, a hot girlfriend, and a loving and wealthy adoptive family, including a brother his age. But suddenly, horrific flashbacks and seizures rip him back five years ago to war-torn Africa, where he lost his mother, his sister, his friends, and almost his own life to torturous violence. In therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Abe uncovers even darker moments that make him question why he's still alive. This contemporary young adult novel portrays the pressures of teens to live a normal life, let alone succeed at high levels; while facing mental illness and--in Abe's case--a past that no one could possibly understand or survive. Pegi Deitz Shea has written a suspenseful, action-filled book that will open teens' eyes and hearts to the lives of young people exposed to violence around the world. Praise: "Pegi Shea s book, Abe in Arms, although fictional in nature, could have been true for any number of young boys in West Africa whose lives were devastated by conscription into the rebel army through force, threats, manipulation, bribery, and drugs. As a counselor and member of a trauma team who went to Liberia to teach counseling skills to civic and religious leaders following their civil war, I found it very heart breaking to witness the long term effects of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome upon the young boys, often no more than 11-14 years of age. Although there is a nation-wide effort in Liberia to rehabilitate these young boys, many require extensive mental health treatment and the prognoses are often disappointing. In her book, Pegi Shea engrosses us in the horrors of war, pulls at our heartstrings as we weep for Abe, and causes us to yearn for a time when he can confront the demons that control his life. At the same time, she explores the wrenching irony of war refugees being thrust into an American youth culture that glamorizes the very violence that has caused Abe so much anguish. She. Seller Inventory # Alibris0016419

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