9780888997500: Apart

Sinopsis

<div>Jessica, a serious, bookish 16-year-old from New Brunswick, places a personal ad to try to find her father, a drug-dealing philanderer who has run off with another woman, leaving her mother distraught and Jessica responsible for her autistic brother, Timmy. Sween, a 17-year-old rebel from Saskatchewan, responds to Jessica&#8217;s ad, and the two begin an intense long-distance relationship. Each needs the other's support, as Jessica finds herself drawn to one of her father&#8217;s biker friends, and Sween suffers a meltdown that lands him alone in a remote cabin. Eventually, he fixes up an old motorbike and travels east to help his friend prevent her father from institutionalizing Timmy. The resulting encounter surprises them both <b>&#151;</b> along with the reader <b>&#151;</b> as they struggle to reconcile their images of each other with a very different reality</div>

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Reseña del editor

Two teenagers develop a friendship through letters as each confides in the other about the hardships and disappointments in their lives, but things do not turn out as they expected when they finally meet in person.

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780888998347: Apart

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  0888998341 ISBN 13:  9780888998347
Editorial: Groundwood Books, 2009
Tapa blanda