Nothing

This modern-day Lord of the Flies is a haunting existential novel, both award-winning and and provocative. Now...
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Author: Janne Teller
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Nothing

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Nothing

$19.41
Author: Janne Teller
Format: Paperback
Language: English
This modern-day Lord of the Flies is a haunting existential novel, both award-winning and and provocative. Now in paperback as part of the Atheneum Collection!

"Nothing matters."

"From the moment you are born, you start to die."

"The Earth is 4.6 billion years old. You'll live to be a maximum of one hundred. Life isn't worth the bother!"

So says Pierre Anthon when he decides there is no meaning to life, leaves his seventh-grade classroom, climbs a plum tree, and stays there. His friends and classmates cannot get him to come down, not even by pelting him with rocks. So to prove to him that there is a meaning to life, they set out to give up things of importance, challenging one another to make increasingly serious sacrifices. The pile is started with a lifetime's collection of Dungeons & Dragons books, a fishing rod, a pair of green sandals, a pet hamster--but then, as each demand becomes more extreme, events take a morbid twist. And what if, after all these sacrifices, the pile is still not meaningful enough to bring Pierre Anthon down?

Author: Janne Teller
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 03/20/2012
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.49lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.89w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781442441163
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.1
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 136011 / Nothing

About the Author
Janne Teller was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and has written several award-winning novels that have been translated into a number of languages. Nothing is the winner of the prestigious Best Children's Book Award from the Danish Cultural Ministry and is also a Printz Award Honor Book in the United States. Janne lives in New York City and Denmark.

Martin Aitken has a doctorate in linguistics and has translated hundreds of articles, poems, and novels. Born in England, he lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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