- Children's fiction, Identity, fiction, Rape, fiction, Mothers and sons, fiction
Life is comprised of moments that seem asynchronous, but they result in a rich symphony. The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg details the burgeoning relationship between high schoolers Max and Jordan and how they overcome their inner demons.
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Classical in form, contemporary, intimate and earnest.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Bill Konigsberg
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Arthur A. Levine Books, Scholastic, Incorporated, Scholastic Inc.
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781338215502
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Bill Konigsberg is the award-winning author of seven young adult novels. THE PORCUPINE OF TRUTH won the PEN Center USA Literary Award and the Stonewall Book Award in 2016. OPENLY STRAIGHT won the Sid Fleischman Award for Humor, was a finalist for the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award and Lambda Literary Award in 2014 and has been translated into five languages. His debut novel, OUT OF THE POCKET, won the Lambda Literary Award in 2009. THE MUSIC OF WHAT HAPPENS, released in 2019, received two starred reviews, and has been optioned for a film. THE BRIDGE, released in 2020, received two starred reviews and was optioned for a film by Amazon. In 2018, The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE
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