Period.8 by Chris Crutcher / 2013 Hardcover 1st Edition Young Adult Novel

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A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, with the dust jacket included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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“light edge wear to boards and jacket, tear in top spine edge of jacket; Period 8 has always been a ...
Type
Novel
Narrative Type
Fiction
Edition
First Edition
Features
Dust Jacket
Intended Audience
Young Adults
ISBN
9780061914805
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0061914800
ISBN-13
9780061914805
eBay Product ID (ePID)
120238129

Product Key Features

Book Title
Period 8
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Social Themes / Bullying, Law & Crime, School & Education, Mysteries & Detective Stories, General
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Author
Chris Crutcher
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
12.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Young Adult Audience
Reviews
Crutcher uses dark humor and self-deprecation effectively to avoid maudlin situations, and teens will appreciate the respectful tone of the work., "Period 8 is the best of Crutcher: warmth, humor, and spot-on teen reality, but coupled with terrifying intensity and a shocking ending." -- Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak and Chains Praise for Deadline: "As usual, Crutcher does not hesitate to incorporate serious subject matter within an engaging first-person narrative." -- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review) "Crutcher uses dark humor and self-deprecation effectively to avoid maudlin situations, and teens will appreciate the respectful tone of the work." -- School Library Journal Praise for Whale Talk: "Crutcher offers an unusual yet resonant mixture of black comedy and tragedy that lays bare the superficiality of the high school scene." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Cataclysmic and triumphant." -- Kirkus Reviews, Period 8 is the best of Crutcher: warmth, humor, and spot-on teen reality, but coupled with terrifying intensity and a shocking ending., Praise for Whale Talk: "Crutcher offers an unusual yet resonant mixture of black comedy and tragedy that lays bare the superficiality of the high school scene.", Praise for Deadline: "As usual, Crutcher does not hesitate to incorporate serious subject matter within an engaging first-person narrative.", PERIOD 8 is the best of Crutcher; warmth, humor, and spot-on teen reality, but coupled with terrifying intensity and a shocking ending., Praise for Whale Talk:?Crutcher offers an unusual yet resonant mixture of black comedy and tragedy that lays bare the superficiality of the high school scene.' (Publishers Weekly (starred review)), Praise for Whale Talk:"Crutcher offers an unusual yet resonant mixture of black comedy and tragedy that lays bare the superficiality of the high school scene.", Crutcher writes vivid sports action scenes, and teens' interest will be held by the story's dramatic premise.
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
Ninth Grade
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
Period 8. An hour a day. You can hang out. You can eat your lunch. You can talk. Or listen. Or neither. Or both. Nothing is off-limits. The only rule is that you keep it real; that you tell the truth. Heller High senior Paul Baum-aka Paulie Bomb-tells the truth. Not the "Wow, that's an ugly sweater" variety of truth, but the other kind. The truth that matters. It might be hard. It often hurts. But Paulie doesn't know how not to tell it. When he tells his girlfriend Hannah the life-altering, messed-up, awful truth, his life falls apart. The truth can get complicated, fast. But someone in Period 8 is lying. And Paulie, Hannah, and just about everyone else who stops by the safe haven of the P-8 room daily are deceived. And when a classmate goes missing and the mystery of her disappearance seeps beyond P-8 and into every hour of the day, all hell breaks loose., In this terrifying and provocative novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Deadline and Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes , a teenage boy tries to uncover what happened to a girl who has vanished from his high school. Was she abducted, or did she run for her life? Paul "The Bomb" Baum tells the truth. No matter what. It was something he learned at Sunday school. But telling the truth can cause problems, and not just minor ones. And as Paulie discovers, finding the truth can be even more problematic. Period 8 is supposed to be that one period in high school where the truth can shine, a safe haven. Only what Paulie and Hannah (his ex-girlfriend, unfortunately) and his other classmates don't know is that the ultimate liar is in their midst. Terrifying, thought-provoking, and original, this novel combines all the qualities of a great psychological thriller with the controversy, ethics, athletics, humor, and raw emotion of a classic Crutcher story., Paul "the Bomb" Baum tells the truth. No matter what. It was something he learned at Sunday School. But telling the truth can cause problems, and not minor ones. And as Paulie discovers, finding the truth can be even more problematic. Period 8 is supposed to be that one period in high school where the truth can shine, a safe haven. Only what Paulie and Hannah (his ex-girlfriend, unfortunately) and his other classmates don't know is that the ultimate bully, the ultimate liar, is in their midst. Terrifying, thought-provoking, and original, this novel combines all the qualities of a great thriller with the controversy, ethics, and raw emotion of a classic Crutcher story.

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