The Art of Secrets: A Team's Quest for Basketball Glory
Autor James Kliseen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2015 – vârsta de la 12 până la 16 ani
An Edgar Award Winner, Best YA Novel 2015"Where there's smoke . . ." When Saba Khan s apartment burns in a mysterious fire, possibly a hate crime, her high school rallies around her. Her family moves into a rent-free luxury apartment, her Facebook page explodes, and she begins (secretly) dating a popular boy. Then a quirky piece of art donated to a school fund-raising effort for the Khans is revealed to be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and Saba s life turns upside down again. Should Saba s family get the money? Or the students who found the painting? Or the school? Monologues, journal entries, interviews, articles, and official documents expose a tangled web of greed, jealousy, and suspicion as students and teachers alike debate, point fingers, and make shocking accusations about what s really going on. Relationships, secrets and lies aplenty. "Kirkus Reviews" Will stay on readers minds long after the last page. "Booklist, " starred review This story . . . culminates in a shocking twist of an ending that will engrossreaders until the very last page. "The Christian Science Monitor"A "Booklist" Editor s Choice Book A "Booklist "Top Crime Fiction Book A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book A Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award Nominee"
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ISBN-10: 1616204826
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 138 x 208 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
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Editura: Algonquin Young Readers
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Saba Khan: In a way, the fire might have been the best thing that ever happened to me. But maybe even writing that is t.o.o. r.e.v.e.a.l.i.n.g.Steve Davinski: Well, okay, yes, there has been some whispering the past couple of days here at Highsmith. Something exciting is going on, and I understand your curiosity. However, it is totally premature for us to discuss that topic today.Jean Delacroix: All right, then? Moving forward. I was the first person to realize that the Spoons garbage art was something special. The style of the work is unmistakable.Kendra Spoon: I m not sure what to say. I m more comfortable in a behind-the-scenes, stuffing-envelopes kind of role. I m not a spokesperson or anything. Maybe you can talk to my brother, Kevin?Kevin Spoon: To be honest, it still blows my mind that I am one of the people who got this going. For the rest of my life, no matter what else I do, I can tell myself: How cool that you pulled that off. You changed that family s life"