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His 1976 novel Cutter and Bone received rave reviews, with The New York Times calling it "the best novel of its kind for ten years." It was filmed in 1981 as Cutter's Way, directed by Ivan Passer. Thornburg landed a four-book contract with Little, Brown and published Black Angus, Valhalla, and Dreamland.
Trying to Grow is a 1991 novel by Firdaus Kanga, published by Bloomsbury. [1] The novel is semi-autobiographical, set in urban India , and is about a young boy growing up with brittle bones. The protagonist, who would never grow taller than four feet, finds his way into the world of sexuality and adulthood.
The Bone Houses is a 2019 young adult horror fantasy novel by Emily Lloyd-Jones, following Ryn, a female gravedigger, and Ellis, an apprentice mapmaker, as they try to stop "bone houses" (reanimated corpses) from roaming their world and affecting Ryn's family business.
Shine is a young adult romance novel by Korean-American singer Jessica Jung, published by Simon & Schuster on September 29, 2020. Jung was inspired to write the book based on her experiences in the South Korean music industry. [1] A sequel, Bright, was published on May 10, 2022.
In June 2011 Wall Street Journal critic Meghan Cox Gurdon cited Shine as an example of the prevalence of dark themes in young adult literature. [5] Gurdon criticized the language in the novel and compared it to novels by Judy Blume, saying that while it was "probably apt" for the characters in the book, she wasn't sure that it was language that parents might want their children to read. [6]
There, a bully picks on him and then does the same to a pretty girl Nails secretly fancies. Nails’ friend Clayton Burroughs, who watches it happen, doesn’t call the police. Instead, he calls ...
Bright is a 2022 young adult romance novel by Korean-American singer Jessica Jung. A sequel to her previous work Shine , the book revolves around a K-pop singer who faces personal and career challenges while trying to start a fashion brand .
The Almost Moon is the third book and the second novel by the American author Alice Sebold, author of the memoir, Lucky and the best-selling novel The Lovely Bones. The Almost Moon was released by Little, Brown and Company in the United States on October 16, 2007.