Awards
- Short-listed for Iowa Teen Award 2010
Overview
You could say that my railroad, the Madham Line, is almost the most important thing in my life. Next to Andy Morrow, my best friend. Lots of people think Doug Hanson is a freak -- he gets beat up after school, and the girl of his dreams calls him a worm. Doug's only refuge is creating an elaborate bridge for the model railroad in his basement and hanging out with his best friend, Andy Morrow, a popular football star who could date any girl in school. Doug and Andy talk about everything -- except what happened at the Tuttle place a few years back. It does not matter to Andy that we live in completely different realities. I'm Andy's best friend. It does not matter to Andy that we hardly ever actually do anything together. As Doug retreats deeper and deeper into his own reality, long-buried secrets threaten to destroy both Doug and Andy -- and everything else in Doug's fragile world.
Full Product Details
Author: Pete Hautman ,
Pete Hautman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Imprint: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Edition: Reprint ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.145kg
ISBN: 9780689869037
ISBN 10: 0689869037
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 November 2006
Recommended Age: From 12 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
Echoes of Faulkner. -- Kirkus Hautman once again proves his keen ability for characterization and for building suspense. -- Publishers Weekly, starred review With its excellent plot development and unforgettable, heartbreaking protagonist, this is a compelling novel of mental illness. -- School Library Journal, starred review
Hautman once again proves his keen ability for characterization and for building suspense. -- <i>Publishers Weekly, </i> starred review
Hautman once again proves his keen ability for characterization and for building suspense. <br> <br> -- Publishers Weekly, starred review <br>
With its excellent plot development and unforgettable, heartbreaking protagonist, this is a compelling novel of mental illness. <p>-- School Library Journal, starred review
Author Information
Pete Hautman is the author of National Book Award-winning novel Godless, Sweetblood, Hole in the Sky, Stone Cold, The Flinkwater Factor, The Forgetting Machine, and Mr. Was, which was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America, as well as several adult novels. He lives in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Visit him at PeteHautman.com.
