Going Bovine - Hardcover

Bray, Libba

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385733976 ISBN 13: 9780385733977

Publisher: Delacorte Pr, 2009

Synopsis

Dealing with an illness that will soon result in his death, 16-year-old Cam is intrigued by the stories told by an eccentric girl named Dulcie and so is encouraged to go on a wild road trip across America where their search for a special cure will lead them to the strangest places on the map. Simultaneous.

About this title

Review:

Starred Review, Booklist, August 1, 2009:
"An unforgettable, nearly indefinable fantasy adventure."
Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, August 3, 2009:
"Bray's surreal humor may surprise fans."

"From the Hardcover edition."

Starred Review, Booklist, August 1, 2009:
"An unforgettable, nearly indefinable fantasy adventure."
Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, August 3, 2009:
"Bray's surreal humor may surprise fans."

"From the Hardcover edition."

Starred Review, Booklist, August 1, 2009:
"An unforgettable, nearly indefinable fantasy adventure."

Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, August 3, 2009:
"Bray's surreal humor may surprise fans."

From the Hardcover edition.

"Libba Bray not only breaks the mold of the ubiquitous dying-teenager genre--she smashes it and grinds the tiny pieces into the sidewalk. For the record, I'd go anywhere she wanted to take me."--The New York Times

"Offer this to fans of Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy seeking more inspired lunacy."--Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"An unforgettable, nearly indefinable fantasy . . . wholly unique, ambitious, tender, thought-provoking, and often fall-off-the-chair funny."--Booklist, Starred Review

"Readers will have a great time."--The Horn Book

"It's a trip worth taking."--SLJ

"Here's one book about dying that has a wicked sense of humor."--The Denver Post

"A laugh-out-loud tear-jerking fantastical voyage into the meaning of what is real in life."--VOYA

"A very messed-up book, but in a good way. . . .Hilarious, random, surreal and thought-provoking."--Guys Lit Wire

One of Entertainment Weekly's 8 Great Road-Trip Books
*
Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
An Indie Next Pick
A Booklist Books for Youth Editors' Choice
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best book
A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

About the Author:

Libba Bray is the author of the New York Times bestselling Gemma Doyle Trilogy. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her atwww.libbabray.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Pr
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0385733976
• ISBN 13: 9780385733977
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480