America: A Novel - Softcover

Frank, E R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0689857721 ISBN 13: 9780689857720

Publisher: Atheneum, 2003

Synopsis

Having been lost "in the system" for years, America wonders what his purpose is in this world and hopes that a kind doctor at Ridgeway Hospital will take the time to give him some answers to a very confusing life. Reprint.

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Review

Chris Crutcher2000 Edwards Award winnerI don't know which is better, the story or the storyteller. Either way the reader wins. This is one rugged treat. Michael CartEditor of "Love & Sex"In this searing yet soaring story of a deeply troubled boy named America, E. R. Frank fulfills the promise of her brilliant first novel, "Life Is Funny." Like life itself, "America" is about a little bit of everything, yet Frank -- with some magical combination of art and urgency -- brings it all together. In its unsparing honesty and respect for its readers, this story of one boy's life is at once harrowing and haunting, intellectually exciting and emotionally satisfying. "America" is an absolutely unforgettable character and America, his story, takes place at the intersection of life and literature. Chris Crutcher 2000 Edwards Award winner I don't know which is better, the story or the storyteller. Either way the reader wins. This is one rugged treat. Michael Cart Editor of "Love & Sex" In this searing yet soaring story of a deeply troubled boy named America, E. R. Frank fulfills the promise of her brilliant first novel, Life Is Funny. Like life itself, America is about a little bit of everything, yet Frank -- with some magical combination of art and urgency -- brings it all together. In its unsparing honesty and respect for its readers, this story of one boy's life is at once harrowing and haunting, intellectually exciting and emotionally satisfying. America is an absolutely unforgettable character and America, his story, takes place at the intersection of life and literature. Michael CartEditor of "Love & Sex" In this searing yet soaring story of a deeply troubled boy named America, E. R. Frank fulfills the promise of her brilliant first novel, "Life Is Funny." Like life itself, "America" is about a little bit of everything, yet Frank -- with some magical combination of art and urgency -- brings it all together. In its unsparing honesty and respect for its readers, this story of one boy's life is at once harrowing and haunting, intellectually exciting and emotionally satisfying. "America" is an absolutely unforgettable character and America, his story, takes place at the intersection of life and literature. Chris Crutcher2000 Edwards Award winner

About the Author

E.R. Frank is the author of America, Friction, Wrecked, and Dime. Her first novel, Life Is Funny, won the Teen People Book Club NEXT Award for YA Fiction and was also a top-ten ALA 2001 Quick Pick. In addition to being writer, E.R. Frank is also a clinical social worker and psychotherapist. She works with adults and adolescents and specializes in trauma.

Edition details

• Publisher: Atheneum
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0689857721
• ISBN 13: 9780689857720
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256