Detailed item info | Synopsis | Blaming herself for the car accident on the Tappan Zee Bridge that killed her mother, fifteen-year-old Jenna undergoes a difficult physical and emotional recovery.
Emotionally drowning in loneliness and drugs after the death of her mother in a horrific car accident where she was the passenger, 15-year-old Jenna Abbott finds it hard to return to a normal life. After rejecting her father’s home in California, she moves in with her aunt and uncle, who do their best to help her. A fascination with Crow, a boy at her new school with his own damaged past, helps Jenna to come back to herself. Other young adult books by Joyce Carol Oates include SEXY and BIG MOUTH & UGLY GIRL.
| | Size | | Length: | 304 pages | | Height: | 7.3 in. | | Width: | 5.5 in. | | Thickness: | 1.0 in. | | Weight: | 12.8 oz. |
| | Publisher's Note | A powerful novel of self-discovery, redemption, and hope follows fifteen-year-old Jenna Abbott as she undergoes a difficult physical and emotional recovery while blaming herself for the car accident on the Tappan Zee Bridge that killed her mother. Teacher's Guide available.
| | Industry reviews | "Throughout this intense novel, the author offers keen insight into the cause and effect of a teen's self-destructive behavior. Readers distraught by Jenna's downward spiral after the wreck will find solace in the book's inspiring conclusion."
(08/21/2006)
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