Friday, February 6, 2009

A Realistic novel

Citation:

Frank, E. R. America. New York: Atheneum, 2002.

Awards:

Garden State Teen Book Award Nominee (NJ)

German Youth Literature Award Nominee

Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

Annotation:

Where is America? You can find America in a mall, in a dirty rat hole of an apartment, and on any number of dark city streets. America may be with a foster parent, a group of friends, or isolated in a strange place. America also exists in Central Park and in a rehabilitation center. But you must read this story in order to answer the question; who is America?

Review:

America is a blunt, in your face, on the edge of totally disturbing, read. I recommend it because you haven’t read anything quite like it until you read it. On the other hand, it isn’t pretty. It is however, well written. And, it is a story that transcends experience in order to speak to each reader with a personal voice.

Genre: Realistic/Issues

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