Read between the lines /

Read between the lines / Jo Knowles.

Thanks to a bully in gym class, unpopular Nate suffers a broken finger -- the middle one, splinted to flip off the world. It won't be the last time a middle finger is raised on this day. Dreamer Claire envisions herself sitting in an artsy café, filling a journal, but fate has other plans. One...

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Main Author: Knowles, Johanna, 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition 2015.
Subjects:
Rural teenagers > Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
High school students > Juvenile fiction.
High schools > Juvenile fiction.
Cities and towns > Juvenile fiction.
High school teachers > Juvenile fiction.
Middle-finger gesture > Juvenile fiction.
High schools > Fiction.
Cities and towns > Fiction.
High school students > Fiction.
High school teachers > Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
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Summary:Thanks to a bully in gym class, unpopular Nate suffers a broken finger -- the middle one, splinted to flip off the world. It won't be the last time a middle finger is raised on this day. Dreamer Claire envisions herself sitting in an artsy café, filling a journal, but fate has other plans. One cheerleader dates a closeted basketball star; another questions just how, as a "big girl," she fits in. A group of boys scam drivers for beer money without remorse -- or so it seems. Over the course of a single day, these voices and others speak loud and clear about the complex dance that is life in a small town. They resonate in a gritty and unflinching portrayal of a day like any other, with ordinary traumas, heartbreak, and revenge. But on any given day, the line where presentation and perception meet is a tenuous one, so hard to discern. Unless, of course, one looks a little closer -- and reads between the lines.
Physical Description:329 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:0763663875
9780763663872
9780763691028
076369102X

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