- Death, Storytelling, Divorce, Fiction
A timid, unpopular boy learns about courage, love, and luck through a school project involving a strong-willed elderly woman, the abandoned house where her son died, and the legend of the Firebird.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Nicky Singer
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 285
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press, Yearling, Collins Audio
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780007141166
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First sentence
“It all began when Catherine came to talk about the Elders' Project.”
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