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Shattering Glass

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ISBN13: 9780689858000
ISBN10: 0689858000
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"Simon Glass was easy to hate....I guess, really we each hated him for a different reason, but we didn't realize it until the day we killed him."

Fat, clumsy Simon Glass is a nerd, a loser who occupies the lowest rung on the high school social ladder. Everyone picks on him — until Rob Haynes shows up. Rob, a transfer student with charisma to spare, immediately becomes the undisputed leader of the senior class. And he has plans for Simon.

Rob enlists the help of his crew — wealthy, intellectual Young, ladies' man Bob, and sweet, athletic Coop — in a mission: Turn sniveling Simon from total freak to would-be prom king.

But as Simon rises to the top of the social ranks, he shows a new confidence and a devious side that power-hungry Rob did not anticipate. And when Simon uncovers a dangerous secret, events darken. The result is disquieting, bone-chilling...and brutal.

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Fat, clumsy Simon Glass is a nerd, a loser. Everyone picks on him, until Rob Haynes showed up. Rob, a transfer student with charisma to spare, immediately becomes the undisputed leader of the senior class. And he has plans for Simon. Rob's mission: Turn sniveling Simon from total freak to would-be prom king. But as Simon rises to the top of the social ranks, he shows a new confidence and a devious side that power-hungry Rob did not anticipate. And when Simon uncovers a dangerous secret, events darken. The result is disquieting, bone-chilling . . . and brutal. Written with authenticity and an extraordinary sense of timing, Shattering Glass is a dark, suspenseful, coming-of-age story that propels first-time young adult novelist Gail Giles into the realm of great writers to watch.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780689858000
Author:
Giles, Gail
Publisher:
Simon Pulse
Author:
McGillivray, Kim
Location:
New York
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
Subject:
Social Situations - Friendship
Subject:
Social Situations - Adolescence
Subject:
Schools
Subject:
Social Situations - Violence
Subject:
High schools
Subject:
Violence
Subject:
Social Situations - Peer Pressure
Subject:
Popularity.
Subject:
Situations / Peer Pressure
Subject:
Situations / Adolescence
Subject:
Social Issues - Adolescence
Subject:
Social Issues - Violence
Subject:
Social Issues - Peer Pressure
Copyright:
Edition Number:
1 st ed.
Edition Description:
B102
Series Volume:
108-90
Publication Date:
September 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
- Up
Language:
English
Pages:
215
Dimensions:
714x504x59 36
Age Level:
12-UP

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