Challenger Deep

National Book Award * Golden Kite Award Winner * Six Starred Reviews

A captivating novel about mental illness that lingers long beyond the last page, Challenger Deep is a heartfelt tour de force by New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman.

Caden Bosch is on a ship that's headed for the deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, the southern part of the Marianas Trench.
Caden Bosch is a brilliant high school student whose friends are starting to notice his odd behavior.

Caden Bosch is designated the ship's artist in residence to document the journey with images.
Caden Bosch pretends to join the school track team but spends his days walking for miles, absorbed by the thoughts in his head.

Caden Bosch is split between his allegiance to the captain and the allure of mutiny.
Caden Bosch is torn.

Challenger Deep is a deeply powerful and personal novel from one of today's most admired writers for teens. Laurie Halse Anderson, award-winning author of Speak, calls Challenger Deep "a brilliant journey across the dark sea of the mind; frightening, sensitive, and powerful. Simply extraordinary."

Author: Neal Shusterman
Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Published: 04/21/2015
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780061134111
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 175998 / Challenger Deep


Award: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards - Honor Book
Award: National Book Awards - Winner
Award: Tayshas Reading - Commended


Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 02/01/2015 pg. 108
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2015
Booklist 02/01/2015 pg. 47
Publishers Weekly 02/16/2015
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2015 pg. 109
Romantic Times 04/01/2015 pg. 32 - Excellent
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2015 pg. 516 - Book Of Special Distinction
PW Best Children's Books 11/02/2015 pg. 53
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/02/2015 pg. 89
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2015 pg. 67
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2016 pg. 13

About the Author
Shusterman, Neal: -

Neal Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of more than fifty books, including Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award; Scythe, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; Dry, which he cowrote with his son, Jarrod Shusterman; Unwind, which won more than thirty domestic and international awards; Bruiser, which was on a dozen state lists; The Schwa Was Here, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; and Game Changer, which debuted as an indie top-five best seller. He is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for the body of his work. You can visit him online at storyman.com.