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This Side of Salvation


School year: Lower 6th, Year 10, Year 11

No. of pages 384

Published: 2014

Great for age 12-18 years

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David confronts his desires and his demons in this novel about what it means to be left behindliterally, figuratively, and spirituallyfrom the author of the Shade trilogy.Everyone mourns differently. When his older brother was killed, David got angry. As in, fist-meets-someone-elses-face furious. But his parents? They got religious. Davids still figuring out his relationship with a higher power, but theres one thing he knows for sure: The closer he gets to Bailey, the better, brighter, happier, more he feels. Then his parents start cutting all their worldly ties in preparation for the Rush, the divine moment when the faithful will be whisked off to Heavenand they want David to do the same. Davids torn. He likes living in the moment, and isnt sure about giving up his best friend, varsity baseball, and Baileyespecially Baileyin hope of salvation. But when he comes home late from prom, and late for the Rush, to find that his parents have vanished, David is in more trouble than he ever could have imagined

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children at US 9th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 14-18 years.

There are 384 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 2014 by Simon & Schuster .

Jeri Smith-Ready is the award-winning author of the Shade trilogy, the WVMP Radio series, and the Aspect of Crow trilogy. She lives in Maryland with her husband and two cats. Like many of her characters, Jeri loves music, movies, and staying up very, very late. Visit her at JeriSmithReady. com or follow her on Twitter at @jsmithready.

 

This book has been nominated for the following award:

Tayshas Reading
This book was recognised by the Tayshas Reading.