The Closest I've Come

2017-11-07 Young Adult Fiction

Author : Fred Aceves
Release : 2017-11-07
Genre : Young Adult Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 879/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Closest I've Come written by Fred Aceves. This book was released on 2017-11-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Kirkus Best Book of 2017 * A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year * An ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection Read the book Morris Award finalist Sonia Patel called "a brilliant, subtle debut," and Kirkus hailed as "heart-wrenching, funny, hopeful, and not-to-be-missed" in a starred review! The Closest I’ve Come is a must-read from talented first-time author Fred Aceves, in the tradition of Walter Dean Myers. Marcos Rivas yearns for love, a working cell phone, and maybe a pair of sneakers that aren’t falling apart. But more than anything, Marcos wants to get out of Maesta, his hood, away from his indifferent mom and her abusive boyfriend—which seems impossible. When Marcos is placed in a new after-school program, he meets Zach and Amy, whose friendship inspires Marcos to open up to his Maesta crew, too, and starts to think more about his future and what he has to fight for. Marcos ultimately learns that bravery isn’t about acting tough and being macho; it’s about being true to yourself. The Closest I’ve Come is a story about traversing real and imagined boundaries, about discovering new things in the world, and about discovering yourself, too.

The Closest I've Come

2019-02-20

Author : Fred Aceves
Release : 2019-02-20
Genre :
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 541/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Closest I've Come written by Fred Aceves. This book was released on 2019-02-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Kirkus Best Book of 2017 * A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year * An ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection Read the book Morris Award finalist Sonia Patel called "a brilliant, subtle debut," and Kirkus hailed as "heart-wrenching, funny, hopeful, and not-to-be-missed" in a starred review! The Closest I've Come is a must-read from talented first-time author Fred Aceves, in the tradition of Walter Dean Myers. Marcos Rivas yearns for love, a working cell phone, and maybe a pair of sneakers that aren't falling apart. But more than anything, Marcos wants to get out of Maesta, his hood, away from his indifferent mom and her abusive boyfriend--which seems impossible. When Marcos is placed in a new after-school program, he meets Zach and Amy, whose friendship inspires Marcos to open up to his Maesta crew, too, and starts to think more about his future and what he has to fight for. Marcos ultimately learns that bravery isn't about acting tough and being macho; it's about being true to yourself. The Closest I've Come is a story about traversing real and imagined boundaries, about discovering new things in the world, and about discovering yourself, too.

Come Closer

2003 Fiction

Author : Sara Gran
Release : 2003
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 285/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Come Closer written by Sara Gran. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instead of a book she had ordered by mail, Amanda receives "Demon Possession, Past and Present." Soon after, something seems to take her over, and she wonders if she has been possessed by a female demon known to students of the Kabbalah as Naamah.

She's Come Undone

2012-12-11 Fiction

Author : Wally Lamb
Release : 2012-12-11
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 342/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book She's Come Undone written by Wally Lamb. This book was released on 2012-12-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Dolores Price. She's thirteen, wise-mouthed but wounded. Beached like a whale in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few years nourishing herself with the chocolate, crisps and Pepsi her anxious mother supplies. When she finally rolls into young womanhood at 257 pounds, Dolores is no stronger and life is no kinder. But this time she's determined to rise to the occasion and give herself one more chance before really going belly up. In his extraordinary coming-of-age odyssey, Wally Lamb invites us to hitch an incredible ride on a journey of love, pain, and renewal with the most heartbreakingly comical heroine to come along in years. At once a fragile girl and a hard-edged cynic, so tough to love yet so inimitably loveable, Dolores is as poignantly real as our own imperfections.

The Closer You Come

2015-03-31 Fiction

Author : Gena Showalter
Release : 2015-03-31
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 623/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Closer You Come written by Gena Showalter. This book was released on 2015-03-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Just released from prison, Jase Hollister has one goal: stay out of trouble. Strawberry Valley, Oklahoma, sounds like the perfect place for him and his two brothers-by-circumstance to settle down and live a nice, simple life. But model citizen isn't exactly this rugged bachelor's default setting--especially when it comes to a certain hot-blooded Southern beauty"--

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