Paper Covers Rock

Michael L. Printz Honor Award-winning author of And We Stay Jenny Hubbard's powerful debut novel. "One of...
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Author: Jenny Hubbard
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Language: English
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Paper Covers Rock by Hubbard, Jenny

Paper Covers Rock

Dhs. 79.38

Paper Covers Rock

Dhs. 79.38
Author: Jenny Hubbard
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Michael L. Printz Honor Award-winning author of And We Stay Jenny Hubbard's powerful debut novel.

"One of the best young adult books I've read in years."--PAT CONROY

"Paper Covers Rock is dazzling in its intensity and intelligence, spell-binding in its terrible beauty." --KATHI APPELT, author of the Newbery Honor Book The Underneath

Sixteen-year-old Alex has just begun his junior year at a boys' boarding school when he fails to save a friend from drowning in a river on campus. Afraid to reveal the whole truth, Alex and Glenn, who was also involved, decide to lie. But the boys weren't the only ones at the river that day . . . and they soon learn that every decision has a consequence.

A William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist
A Booklist Editors' Choice
A Horn Book Fanfare
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Flying Start Author
A Booklist Top 10 First Novel for Youth
An ABC Top 10 New Voices Selection

* "The poignant first-person narration is a deftly woven mixture of confessional entries, class assignments, poems, and letters. . . . [A] tense dictation of secrets, lies, manipulation, and the ambiguity of honor." --The Horn Book Magazine, Starred

* "In the tradition of John Knowles's A Separate Peace. . . . A powerful, ambitious debut." --Publishers Weekly, Starred

* "Those who are looking for something to ponder will enjoy this compelling read." --School Library Journal
, Starred

* "This novel introduces Hubbard as a bright light to watch on the YA literary scene." --Booklist, Starred

Author: Jenny Hubbard
Publisher: Rh Childrens Books
Published: 06/12/2012
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780385740562
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 144266 / Paper Covers Rock

About the Author
Michael L. Printz Honor Award-winning And We Stay is Jenny Hubbard's second novel. Her first, Paper Covers Rock, was a William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist. A former English teacher, Jenny writes books and plays in her hometown of Slisbury, North Carolina, where she lives with her husband, a high school math teacher, and their rescue dog, Oliver. You can find Jenny on Facebook, follow her (and Oliver) on Twitter at @HubbardWrites, and visit her website at jennyhubbard.com.

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