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Author Adoff, Jaime.

Title The death of Jayson Porter / by Jaime Adoff.

Imprint New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PCMS Poetry  F ADOFF    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 259 p. ; 21 cm.
Indexed In: ALA Booklist
Horn Book
Kirkus Reviews
School Library Journal
Summary In the Florida projects, sixteen-year-old Jayson struggles with the harsh realities of his life which include an abusive mother, a drug-addicted father, and not fitting in at his predominately white school, and bring him to the brink of suicide.
Audience 3.8 Perma-Bound Books.
9-12 Perma-Bound Books.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR 3.8 5.0 123535.
Subject Child abuse -- Fiction.
Substance abuse -- Fiction.
Emotional problems -- Fiction.
Suicide -- Fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Fiction.
Novels in verse.
Child abuse -- Fiction.
Drug abuse -- Fiction.
Emotional problems -- Fiction.
Suicide -- Fiction.
Racially mixed people -- Fiction.
Novels in verse.
ISBN 1423106911 : $17.23

 
    
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