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The stars at oktober bend
Record details
- ISBN: 9780763692728
- ISBN: 0763692727
- ISBN: 0763692727 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780763692728 : HRD
- ISBN: 0763692727
- ISBN: 9780763692728
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Physical Description:
266 pages ; 21 cm
print - Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone. Something inside Alice is broken: she remembers words but struggles to speak them. Still, Alice knows words are for sharing, so she pins them to posters in tucked-away places: railway waiting rooms, fish-and-chip shops, quiet corners. Manny is sixteen, with a scar from shoulder to elbow. Something inside Manny is broken: he was once a child soldier, forced to do terrible, violent things. But in a new land with new people who will care for him, he spends time exploring on foot. And in his pocket, he carries a poem he scooped up. And he knows the words by heart. When Manny and Alice meet, their relationship brings the beginning of love and healing. |
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| Genre: | Romance fiction. Young adult fiction. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | YA MIL (Text) | 33260000268731 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
| Somers Public Library | YA FIC MIL (Text) | 34042137156040 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
The Stars at Oktober Bend
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Summary
The Stars at Oktober Bend
Beautiful, lyrical prose, told in two voices, lifts up a poignant story of two traumatized teens who find each other in a small riverside town. i am the girl manny loves. the girl who writes our story in the book of flying. i am alice. Alice is fifteen, with hair as red as fire and skin as pale as bone. Something inside Alice is broken: she remembers words, but struggles to speak them. Still, Alice knows that words are for sharing, so she pins them to posters in tucked-away places: railway waiting rooms, fish-and-chips shops, quiet corners. Manny is sixteen, with a scar from shoulder to elbow. Something inside Manny is broken, too: he once was a child soldier, forced to do terrible, violent things. But in a new land with people who care for him, Manny explores the small town on foot. And in his pocket, he carries a poem he scooped up, a poem whose words he knows by heart. The relationship between Alice and Manny will be the beginning of love and healing. And for these two young souls, perhaps, that will be good enough.
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