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Phoenix Rising
Contributor(s): Hesse, Karen (Author), Whelan, Julia (Read by)

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ISBN: 1501280635     ISBN-13: 9781501280634
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
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Binding Type: MP3 CD - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
- Fiction | Romance - Suspense
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 12-UP
Grade Level: 7-UP
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
Features: Unabridged
 
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Publisher Description:
Nyle's life with her grandmother on their Vermont sheep farm advances rhythmically through the seasons until the night of the accident at the Cookshire nuclear power plant. Without warning, Nyle's modest world fills with protective masks, evacuations, contaminated food, disruptions, and mistrust. Things become even more complicated when Ezra Trent and his mother, refugees from the heart of the accident, take temporary shelter in the back bedroom of Nyle's house. The back bedroom is the dying room: It took her mother when Nyle was six; it stole away her grandfather just two years ago. Now, Ezra is back there and Nyle doesn't want to open her heart to him. Too many times she's let people in, only to have them desert her. If she lets herself care for Ezra, she knows he'll end up leaving her, too. "The author's understated approach heightens the emotional impact of her searching and memorable tale." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Hesse transcends the specific to illuminate universal questions of responsibility, care, and love. . . . Hesse portrays her characters' anguish and their growing tenderness with such unwavering clarity and grace that she sustains the tension of her lyrical, understated narrative right to her stunning, beautifully wrought conclusion." -- Kirkus Reviews, Pointer Review

Contributor Bio(s): Hesse, Karen: - Karen Hesse has received numerous honors for her writing, including the Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, the MacArthur Fellowship "Genius" Award, the Christopher Award, and the Newbery Medal. Ms. Hesse is also the author of WISH UPON A UNICORN, LETTERS FROM RIFKA and PHOENIX RISING, both available with new cover art. She lives in Brattleboro, Vermont.
 
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