Young Adult Fiction Coming Of Age
Tom Finder
- Publisher
- Red Deer Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2003
- Category
- Coming of Age
- Recommended Age
- 14 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 9 to 12
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781552442869
- Publish Date
- Sep 2011
- List Price
- $12.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889952621
- Publish Date
- Apr 2003
- List Price
- $12.95
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Description
This riveting story is about a fifteen-yearold boy who, as the story opens, realizes he has no idea who he is-beyond his first name-or what has led to his loss of memory. From the outset, he's on the run, a street kid thrust out on his own, living by his wits and involved in a quest to find another lost teenager whose First Nations father is desperate for news of his son. In the process, he learns to survive and begins to get a sense of his strengths and character.
About the author
Martine Leavitt has published eight novels for young readers, most recently My Book of Life By Angel, which received five starred reviews, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Junior Library Guild Selection, a Horn Book Fanfare book, a Booklist best book of the year, and winner of the Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book of the Year. Other titles include Keturah and Lord Death, a finalist for the National Book Award, Tom Finder, winner of the Mr. Christie's Book Award, and Heck Superhero, a finalist for the Governor General’s Award. Her novels have been published in Japan, Korea, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands. Currently she teaches creative writing to graduate students at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is a mother of seven, grandmother of fifteen, and lives in High River, Alberta.
Editorial Reviews
"Provides an eye-opening view of the hardships of those less fortunate whom we often ignore."
-- Kliatt
"A coming of age story with the threads of two mysteries woven through."
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