- Subways, Fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction in English
Thirteen year-old Aremis Slake, hounded by his fears and misfortunes, flees them into New York City's subway tunnels, never again--he believes--to emerge.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and intimate.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Felice Holman
- First published
- 1974
- Pages
- 117
- Publisher
- Perfection Learning Prebound, Aladdin Books, Listening Library
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780684139265
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