Love Is the Higher Law
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Pub. Date:
2009.
Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure:
920L
Description
Bestselling author David Levithan (Every Day; Boy Meets Boy; Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) treats the tragic events of September 11th with care and compassion in this novel of loss and grief, but also of hope and redemption.
First there is a Before, and then there is an After. . . .
The lives of three teens'Claire, Jasper, and Peter'are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother in his classroom. Jasper, a college sophomore from Brooklyn, wakes to his parents' frantic calls from Korea, wondering if he's okay. Peter, a classmate of Claire's, has to make his way back to school as everything happens around him.
Here are three teens whose intertwining lives are reshaped by this catastrophic event. As each gets to know the other, their moments become wound around each other's in a way that leads to new understandings, new friendships, and new levels of awareness for the world around them and the people close by.
David Levithan has written a novel of loss and grief, but also one of hope and redemption aAs histhe characters slowly learn to move forward in their lives, despite being changed forever, one rule remains: love is indeed the higher law.
A MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD WINNER
First there is a Before, and then there is an After. . . .
The lives of three teens'Claire, Jasper, and Peter'are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother in his classroom. Jasper, a college sophomore from Brooklyn, wakes to his parents' frantic calls from Korea, wondering if he's okay. Peter, a classmate of Claire's, has to make his way back to school as everything happens around him.
Here are three teens whose intertwining lives are reshaped by this catastrophic event. As each gets to know the other, their moments become wound around each other's in a way that leads to new understandings, new friendships, and new levels of awareness for the world around them and the people close by.
David Levithan has written a novel of loss and grief, but also one of hope and redemption aAs histhe characters slowly learn to move forward in their lives, despite being changed forever, one rule remains: love is indeed the higher law.
A MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD WINNER
Subjects
Subjects
Electronic books
Emotions & Feelings
Fiction
General
Historical Fiction
Homosexuality
Homosexuality -- Fiction
Interpersonal relations
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
JUVENILE FICTION
JUVENILE FICTION -- General
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
New York (State) -- New York
September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Fiction
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Juvenile fiction
World politics
World politics -- 1995-2005 -- Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Young Adult Literature
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ISBN:
9780375893605
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.4, 6 Points
Level 5.4, 6 Points
Lexile measure:
920L
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| Last Grouping Update | 2021-10-22 04:40:37AM |
| Last Indexed | 2021-10-21 05:06:40AM |
| Novelist Primary ISBN | none |
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| title_display | Love Is the Higher Law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_full | Love Is the Higher Law Love is the higher law [electronic resource] / David Levithan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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