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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:You try not to think. You try not to imagine, but then those cracks pop up, and these flashes squeeze right through. At first, some of it's not too bad, and you get stupid, maybe even wanting a little more, but then you pull yourself together, knowing what all is likely going to ooze out if you're not careful.... Fifteen-year-old America has been nowhere, has been nobody. Separated from his foster mother. A runaway. A patient. Without love. Without hope. And, eventually, without the will to live. Until Dr. B. steps in. To listen. To explore. And to find within America both the story and the boy who are lost. Review:Michael CartEditor of "LoveandSex"In this searing yet soaring story of a deeply troubled boy named America, E. R. Frank fulfills the promise of her brilliant first novel, Life Is Funny. Like life itself, America is about a little bit of everything, yet Frank — with some magical combination of art and urgency — brings it all together. In its unsparing honesty and respect for its readers, this story of one boy's life is at once harrowing and haunting, intellectually exciting and emotionally satisfying. America is an absolutely unforgettable character and America, his story, takes place at the intersection of life and literature. Review:Chris Crutcher2000 Edwards Award winnerI don't know which is better, the story or the storyteller. Either way the reader wins. This is one rugged treat. Synopsis:In this striking novel by award-winning author Frank, readers meet America--afifteen-year-old boy who is lost. He's been separated from his foster mother.But then he meets Dr. B.--a man who wants to listen, to explore, to find--andAmerica's life begins to change. Synopsis:America is a 15-year-old boy who's admitted to a residential treatment program under the care of Dr. B., who nudges America into revealing his troubled past. About the AuthorE. R. Frank is the author of two highly praised novels for Atheneum: America and Friction. Her first novel was Life Is Funny, winner of the Teen People Book Club NEXT Award for YA Fiction and was also a top-ten ALA 2001 Quick Pick. In addition to being writer, E. R. Frank is also a clinical social worker and psychotherapist. She works with adults and adolescents and specializes in trauma. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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