Young Adult Fiction Death & Dying
Exit Point
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2006
- Category
- Death & Dying, Visionary & Metaphysical, Sexual Abuse
- Recommended Age
- 12 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 8 to 12
- Recommended Reading age
- 12 to 18
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781551435251
- Publish Date
- Mar 2006
- List Price
- $16.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551435053
- Publish Date
- Mar 2006
- List Price
- $9.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781554696109
- Publish Date
- Mar 2006
- List Price
- $7.99
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Description
Logan always takes the easy way out.
After a night of drinking and driving he wakes up to find he has been involved in a senseless car accident and is dead. With the help of his guide, Wade, and the spirit of his grandmother, he realizes he has taken the wrong exit—he wasn't meant to die. His life had a purpose—to save his sister—but he took the easy way out and he failed. Now, before he can rest in peace, he has to try and save his sister from a future no child should face. He will only get one chance and he cannot afford to fail this time—for Amy’s sake and for his own.
This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!
About the author
Laura Langston is the author of several books for children and adults. Lesia’s Dreamrecently won for the kobzar literary award, Canada’s newest national book award. It wasalso nominated for three other children’s choice awards. Mile-High Apple Pie, her recentpicture book, was nominated for the oLA’s Blue spruce award; The Fox’s Kettle was nominated for a Governor General’s award for Illustration; and Pay Dirt! was nominated for the red cedar and silver Birch awards. A former writer and broadcaster for the CBC, Laura Langston also writes regularly for Canadian Gardening magazine and has authored a book on herb gardening. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia. Visit her website at www.lauralangston.com.
Awards
- Commended, Pennsylvania School Librarians Association (PSLA) Top Forty
- Commended, Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Our Choice
- Commended, Resource Links, The Year's Best Books
Excerpt: Exit Point (by (author) Laura Langston)
"I'm not dead. I'm still me. I still have a body and everything." "You are still you but you don't have a body. What you're seeing is a thought form." He points to a tall gold urn up by the minister. "Your body is in there. You were cremated." Thunk thunk, thunk thunk. My heart pounds in my chest. Dread mushrooms in my stomach. Sweat beads on my forehead. "But everybody knows death is the end. That there's nothing left but matter." "Death is only the beginning, Logan. Hannah knows that. Lots of people do."
Editorial Reviews
"Wrenching issues are Orca Soundings forte as this 2.8 reading level meets struggling readers with a high-interest and attention-grabbing plot."
Puget Sound Council for the Review of Children's Books
"Another good [title] for reluctant high school readers...Will appeal to and satisfy those who like edgier content."
Washington State Review Group
"Reading about how Logan struggles with these issues, and more, is the main pleasure of the book. Exit Point is a wonderful reading experience and Langston deserves full credit for having written such a thoughtful, and thought provoking, book."
Resource Links
"Teens will enjoy the fast pace and realistic dialogue and exlpration of the theme of life after death. Recommended."
CM Magazine
“An encouraging thought remains with readers: maybe it’s never too late for second chances.”
Canadian Bookseller
"Flashes of brilliant insight."
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