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Face in Every Window


No. of pages 276

Published: 2008

Great for age 12-18 years

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After Grandma Mary dies, sixteen year old JP's safe, secure world quickly unravels. He finds himself living in complete chaos when his mother wins a farmhouse in an essay contest and insists on sharing her good fortune with other neighbourhood outcasts. Suddenly there are no rules, and the house is filled with poets, musicians, a reformed drug addict, an abused teen, and too many others who seem to have replaced JP and his father in his mother's life. JP longs for his family to be restored to what it once was. But then somehow, amid the madness, his idea of family is redefined in ways he never expected.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

There are 276 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2008 by Harcourt Children's Books .

HAN NOLAN is the author of six other highly acclaimed novels published by Harcourt.

 

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award
This book was recognised by the Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award.

"* "An emotional roller-coaster ride... A profound and heart-warming message about the various manifestation of love." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)"