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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN-101416912592
ISBN-139781416912590
eBay Product ID (ePID)79874538
Product Key Features
Book TitleNobel Genes
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicFamily / Parents, Social Themes / Physical & Emotional Abuse (See Also Social Themes / Sexual Abuse), Social Themes / Depression & Mental Illness, General, Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes), Social Themes / Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
AuthorRune Michaels
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.3 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
LCCN2009-036665
Reviews"The best kind of sermon, the most revealing and meaningful kind of testimony. At [Kuo's] call for action, you want to give [him] a loud 'amen.'"--The Hartford Courant, “Clever, intriguing, and captivating. I read it in one sitting and will be thinking about it for a long time. . . . I loved it.â€� James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner, "Expectation meets hard-edged reality in this harrowing, heartbreaking but cautiously hopeful story. Beautifully and sensitively written . . . impossible for readers to forget." -Michael Cart, Booklist columnist, reviewer, and former president of YALSA, "Expectation meets hard-edged reality in this harrowing, heartbreaking but cautiously hopeful story. Beautifully and sensitively written . . . impossible for readers to forget." ?Michael Cart, Booklist columnist, reviewer, and former president of YALSA, "Clever, intriguing, and captivating. I read it in one sitting and will be thinking about it for a long time. . . . I loved it." —James Dashner, author ofThe Maze Runner, "Expectation meets hard-edged reality in this harrowing, heartbreaking but cautiously hopeful story. Beautifully and sensitively written . . . impossible for readers to forget." Michael Cart, Booklist columnist, reviewer, and former president of YALSA, "Tempting Faithis one of those rare Washington books that is worth reading -- clearly written, disarmingly honest, thoughtfully introspective, and unusually substantive.... A refreshingly honest account of how politics can seduce the best intentioned and the most naïve."--The American Conservative, "Michaels explores dark themes with ruthless honesty. The narrative is spare, the characters are beautifully portrayed as multifaceted individuals, and the premise is grim and wholly plausible. YA novels about mental illness are not uncommon, but this one of a child who seems anonymous to the outside world, who is never named by the author, and whose fate isn't ultimately wrapped up in a tidy bow will leave readers unsettled. Hand this to teens who like Chris Crutcher and Ellen Hopkins..." - School Library Journal, "Clever, intriguing, and captivating. I read it in one sitting and will be thinking about it for a long time. . . . I loved it." --James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner, "ThoughTempting Faithis a story about the Bush presidency, it is even more a story about Mr. Kuo. As much as it is a story about politics, it is also a story about faith."--The New York Times, Michaels (The Reminder) makes effective use of first-person narration to give readers a highly believable protagonist and a riveting, from-the-trenches look at what it is like to live with a parent who suffers from a serious mental illness. - PW, August 2, 2010, "Clever, intriguing, and captivating. I read it in one sitting and will be thinking about it for a long time. . . . I loved it." -James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner, ReadTempting Faith, written by a real compassionate conservative, and weep for the loss of what could have been. Then beware of those who would manipulate genuine faith for partisan political purposes."-- Jim Wallis, bestselling author ofGod's Politics
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromSeventh Grade
Dewey DecimalFic
Grade ToUP
SynopsisIt's tough to measure up to your parents' expectations. Imagine how much harder it would be if your mother told you that your biological father--whom you'd never met--was a Nobel prize-winning genius? What if, after years of testing and tutoring, you never showed that particular spark of brilliance? What if you found out that you'd been living a lie, and that the truth was darker than you could have imagined? Does it matter who you come from? Or are we all just made from dust? In Rune Michaels's most powerful novel yet, she examines the fragile emotions surrounding finding out who we are and what we're made of.
LC Classification NumberPZ7.M51835No 2010
