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Boo (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780804171366)
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xAn award-winning debut novel about the bonds of friendship and finding your place in the world--be it this one, or the next--from the author of Bang Crunch. "Instantly charming, never predictable, quietly profound." --Bryan Lee O'Malley, #1 New York Times betselling author of Seconds and the Scott Pilgrim series
Do you ever wonder, dear Mother and Father, what kind of toothpaste angels use in heaven? I will tell you. . . . This book I am writing to you about my afterlife will be your nitty-gritty. One day I hope to discover a way to deliver my story to you. It is the first week of school in 1979, and Oliver "Boo" Dalrymple--ghostly pale eighth grader; aspiring scientist; social pariah--is standing next to his locker, reciting the periodic table. The next thing he knows, he finds himself lying in a strange bed in a strange land. He is a new resident of a place called Town--an afterlife exclusively for thirteen-year-olds. Soon Boo is joined by Johnny Henzel, a fellow classmate, who brings with him a piece of surprising news about the circumstances of the boys' deaths. In Town, there are no trees or animals, just endless rows of redbrick dormitories surrounded by unscalable walls. No one grows or ages, but everyone arrives just slightly altered from who he or she was before. To Boo's great surprise, the qualities that made him an outcast at home win him friends; and he finds himself capable of a joy he has never experienced. But there is a darker side to life after death--and as Boo and Johnny attempt to learn what happened that fateful day, they discover a disturbing truth that will have profound repercussions for both of them.
Author: Neil Smith
ISBN-10: 080417136X
ISBN-13: 9780804171366
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 05/12/2015
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/16/2015
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2015
Booklist 04/15/2015 pg. 23
School Library Journal 01/01/2016 pg. 114
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2016 pg. 11
Do you ever wonder, dear Mother and Father, what kind of toothpaste angels use in heaven? I will tell you. . . . This book I am writing to you about my afterlife will be your nitty-gritty. One day I hope to discover a way to deliver my story to you. It is the first week of school in 1979, and Oliver "Boo" Dalrymple--ghostly pale eighth grader; aspiring scientist; social pariah--is standing next to his locker, reciting the periodic table. The next thing he knows, he finds himself lying in a strange bed in a strange land. He is a new resident of a place called Town--an afterlife exclusively for thirteen-year-olds. Soon Boo is joined by Johnny Henzel, a fellow classmate, who brings with him a piece of surprising news about the circumstances of the boys' deaths. In Town, there are no trees or animals, just endless rows of redbrick dormitories surrounded by unscalable walls. No one grows or ages, but everyone arrives just slightly altered from who he or she was before. To Boo's great surprise, the qualities that made him an outcast at home win him friends; and he finds himself capable of a joy he has never experienced. But there is a darker side to life after death--and as Boo and Johnny attempt to learn what happened that fateful day, they discover a disturbing truth that will have profound repercussions for both of them.
Author: Neil Smith
ISBN-10: 080417136X
ISBN-13: 9780804171366
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 05/12/2015
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/16/2015
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2015
Booklist 04/15/2015 pg. 23
School Library Journal 01/01/2016 pg. 114
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2016 pg. 11
By Neil Smith
xNEIL SMITH is a French to English translator who lives in Montreal. His first book, the story collection Bang Crunch, was published around the world to critical acclaim and was chosen as one of the best books of the year by the Globe and Mail and the Washington Post. Boo is his first novel.
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