Awards
- Commended for Tayshas Reading 2012
Overview
If you do it right, it can be a life. The hothouse, the guys, the glory. But just like that, it can all go up in smoke. In the beginning it was strange, ya know, because of all that we had lost. But there was something about it that felt so good and so right, too: ""I'm so proud of you, Russ."" ""We'll always be here for you, man."" ""Heroes don't pay for nothin' in this town."" It was nonstop. The mayor shook my hand. Ladies sent food. I've never eaten so much baked ham in my life. And now? Now the phone won't stop ringing from the crazies ready to blame me. My mom has to cry herself to sleep. They take a firefighter, a man, and they pump him up so big. . . . But once they start taking it away from you, they don't stop until they leave nothing on the bones. First they needed heroes, then they needed blood.
Full Product Details
Author: Chris Lynch
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: Collins
Dimensions:
Width: 14.80cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 21.40cm
Weight: 0.318kg
ISBN: 9780061673795
ISBN 10: 006167379
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 24 August 2010
Recommended Age: From 13 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Lynch's writing has a lyrical, almost musical quality. With intelligence and sophistication, he explores what it means to be built up and then torn down. But underneath this, buoying the story all along, is a fighting spirit, a humor, hopefulness and passion for life.--BookPage
In Hothouse, Lynch has once again masterfully introduced the reader into the very depths of the young male psyche. Hothouse is a satisfying read, beginning to end. --Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (Starred Review)
I cannot recommend this book enough. A winner by all measures. Outstanding! --Graham Salisbury, award-winning author of UNDER THE BLOOD RED SUN
In Hothouse, Lynch has once again masterfully introduced the reader into the very depths of the young male psyche. An easy book to recommend to almost any reader. Hothouse is a satisfying read, beginning to end. --Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (Starred Review)
Author Information
Chris Lynch is a National Book Award finalist and the author of many highly acclaimed books for young adults, including The Big Game of Everything, Who the Man, and the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Freewill; Iceman, Shadow boxer, Gold Dust, and Slot Machine, all ALA Best Books for Young Adults; and Extreme Elvin. He also mentors aspiring writers and teaches in the creative writing program at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
