The Resource The porcupine of truth, Bill Konigsberg
The porcupine of truth, Bill Konigsberg
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- Summary
- Seventeen-year-old Carson Smith is bored of Billings, Montana, and resentful that he has to help his mother take care of his father, a dying alcoholic whom he has not seen in fourteen years--but then he meets Aisha, a beautiful African American girl who has run away from her own difficult family, and together they embark on a journey of discovery that may help them both come to terms with their lives
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 325 pages
- Isbn
- 9780545648936
- Label
- The porcupine of truth
- Title
- The porcupine of truth
- Statement of responsibility
- Bill Konigsberg
- Subject
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- trueRealistic fiction
- Young adult fiction
- trueTeenage boys
- Children of alcoholics -- Juvenile fiction
- Billings (Mont.) -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBillings, Montana
- trueTeenagers
- trueChildren of alcoholic fathers
- trueLesbian teenagers
- Bildungsromans
- Family problems -- Juvenile fiction
- trueDysfunctional families
- African American teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFamily problems
- trueAfrican American teenage girls
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- trueMontana
- trueFriendship
- trueSeventeen-year-old boys
- Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Seventeen-year-old Carson Smith is bored of Billings, Montana, and resentful that he has to help his mother take care of his father, a dying alcoholic whom he has not seen in fourteen years--but then he meets Aisha, a beautiful African American girl who has run away from her own difficult family, and together they embark on a journey of discovery that may help them both come to terms with their lives
- Summary
- Seventeen-year-old Carson Speier is bored of Billings, Montana, and resentful that he has to help his mother take care of his father, a dying alcoholic whom he has not seen in fourteen years--but then he meets Aisha, a beautiful African American girl who has run away from her own difficult family, and together they embark on a journey of discovery that may help them both come to terms with their lives
- Award
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- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2015
- Stonewall Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, 2016.
- Rainbow List, 2016.
- YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2016.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10406815
- Cataloging source
- NJQ/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Konigsberg, Bill
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.K83518
- LC item number
- Po 2015
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 670
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 9
- 12
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Family problems
- Children of alcoholics
- African American teenage girls
- Friendship
- Dysfunctional families
- Billings (Mont.)
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- The porcupine of truth, Bill Konigsberg
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 325 pages
- Isbn
- 9780545648936
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014027136
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)890912329
- Label
- The porcupine of truth, Bill Konigsberg
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 325 pages
- Isbn
- 9780545648936
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014027136
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- System control number
- (OCoLC)890912329
Subject
- trueAfrican American teenage girls
- African American teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Billings (Mont.) -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBillings, Montana
- trueChildren of alcoholic fathers
- Children of alcoholics -- Juvenile fiction
- trueDysfunctional families
- Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
- trueFamily problems
- Family problems -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFriendship
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- trueLesbian teenagers
- trueMontana
- trueRealistic fiction
- trueSeventeen-year-old boys
- trueTeenage boys
- trueTeenagers
- Young adult fiction
Genre
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- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Older Readers Category: 2015
- trueRainbow Lists: 2016
- trueStonewall Book Awards: Children's and Young Adult Literature Award
- trueYALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2016
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