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Author: Barry Lyga
Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin
Dimensions:
Width: 13.90cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 20.90cm
Weight: 0.399kg
ISBN: 9780547076348
ISBN 10: 0547076347
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 12 December 2025
Recommended Age: From 13 to 17 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
[S]uccessful...character development...Lyga's cast feels very real, and he knows how to play them against each other.<br>Booklist, ALA<br><br> Lyga creates a tightly paced narrative...Authentic and fresh...Lyga's dynamic writing style creates an emotionally wrenching and haunting tale. Kirkus Starred 9/1/07 Kirkus Reviews, Starred<br><br> Lyga again skillfully captures the turbulent world of high school...expertly woven humor...a powerful message. --VOYA, teen reviewer, October 2007 VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates)<br><br> Heavy stuff, but Lyga...pulls it off brilliantly...Sure to be a controversial and influential read. --KLIATT, September 2007 KLIATT<br><br> Lyga's skillful writing subtly reveals...in a way that older teens will find fascinating, distressing, and worthy of their attention. SLJ Starred 10/2007 School Library Journal, Starred<br><br> [R]eaders drawn by the provocative subject matter may likely find themselves thinking more seriously about the truth behind the ribald humor. The Bulletin October 2007 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books<br><br> Lyga gives a moving account of innocence lost. --Newsday 11/04/07 Newsday<br><br> [A] astounding portrayal of what it is like to be the young male victim. Chicago Tribune 11/24/07 The Chicago Tribune<br><br> [R]eaders will be fully engaged. LMC January 2008 Library Media Connection
[S]uccessful...character development...Lyga's cast feels very real, and he knows how to play them against each other.Booklist, ALA Lyga creates a tightly paced narrative...Authentic and fresh...Lyga's dynamic writing style creates an emotionally wrenching and haunting tale. Kirkus Starred 9/1/07 Kirkus Reviews, Starred Lyga again skillfully captures the turbulent world of high school...expertly woven humor...a powerful message. --VOYA, teen reviewer, October 2007 VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) Heavy stuff, but Lyga...pulls it off brilliantly...Sure to be a controversial and influential read. --KLIATT, September 2007 KLIATT Lyga's skillful writing subtly reveals...in a way that older teens will find fascinating, distressing, and worthy of their attention. SLJ Starred 10/2007 School Library Journal, Starred [R]eaders drawn by the provocative subject matter may likely find themselves thinking more seriously about the truth behind the ribald humor. The Bulletin October 2007 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Lyga gives a moving account of innocence lost. --Newsday 11/04/07 Newsday [A] astounding portrayal of what it is like to be the young male victim. Chicago Tribune 11/24/07 The Chicago Tribune [R]eaders will be fully engaged. LMC January 2008 Library Media Connection
Author Information
Barry Lyga is a recovering comic book geek and the author of many books, including The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, Goth Girl Rising, Boy Toy, and Hero-Type for HMH, Wolverine: Worst Day Ever for Marvel Books, and Archvillian for Scholastic. He has also written comic books about everything from sword-wielding nuns to alien revolutionaries. He worked as marketing manager at Diamond Comic Distributers for ten years. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.Visit Barry online at www.barrylyga.com.
