Period.8 - Hardcover

Crutcher, Chris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061914800 ISBN 13: 9780061914805

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2013

Synopsis

In this terrifying and provocative novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Deadline and Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, a teenage boy tries to uncover what happened to a girl who has vanished from his high school. Was she abducted, or did she run for her life?Paul "The Bomb" Baum tells the truth. No matter what. It was something he learned at Sunday school. But telling the truth can cause problems, and not just minor ones. And as Paulie discovers, finding the truth can be even more problematic. Period 8 is supposed to be that one period in high school where the truth can shine, a safe haven. Only what Paulie and Hannah (his ex-girlfriend, unfortunately) and his other classmates don't know is that the ultimate liar is in their midst. Terrifying, thought-provoking, and original, this novel combines all the qualities of a great psychological thriller with the controversy, ethics, athletics, humor, and raw emotion of a classic Crutcher story.

About this title

Review:

"Crutcher writes vivid sports action scenes, and teens' interest will be held by the story's dramatic premise."--ALA Booklist

"Crutcher uses dark humor and self-deprecation effectively to avoid maudlin situations, and teens will appreciate the respectful tone of the work."--School Library Journal

"Cataclysmic and triumphant."--Kirkus Reviews

"PERIOD 8 is the best of Crutcher; warmth, humor, and spot-on teen reality, but coupled with terrifying intensity and a shocking ending."--Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Wintergirls and Speak

"Period 8 is the best of Crutcher: warmth, humor, and spot-on teen reality, but coupled with terrifying intensity and a shocking ending."--Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Wintergirls and Speak

Period 8 is the best of Crutcher: warmth, humor, and spot-on teen reality, but coupled with terrifying intensity and a shocking ending. --Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Wintergirls and Speak"

Praise for Deadline: As usual, Crutcher does not hesitate to incorporate serious subject matter within an engaging first-person narrative. --Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (Starred Review)"

Crutcher uses dark humor and self-deprecation effectively to avoid maudlin situations, and teens will appreciate the respectful tone of the work. --School Library Journal"

Praise for Whale Talk: Crutcher offers an unusual yet resonant mixture of black comedy and tragedy that lays bare the superficiality of the high school scene. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

Cataclysmic and triumphant. --Kirkus Reviews"

From the Back Cover:

Period 8. An hour a day. You can hang out. You can eat your lunch. You can talk. Or listen. Or neither. Or both. Nothing is off-limits. The only rule is that you keep it real; that you tell the truth.

Heller High senior Paul Baum--aka Paulie Bomb--tells the truth. Not the "Wow, that's an ugly sweater" variety of truth, but the other kind. The truth that matters. It might be hard. It often hurts. But Paulie doesn't know how not to tell it. When he tells his girlfriend Hannah the life-altering, messed-up, awful truth, his life falls apart. The truth can get complicated, fast.

But someone in Period 8 is lying. And Paulie, Hannah, and just about everyone else who stops by the safe haven of the P-8 room daily are deceived. And when a classmate goes missing and the mystery of her disappearance seeps beyond P-8 and into every hour of the day, all hell breaks loose.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0061914800
• ISBN 13: 9780061914805
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288