Love Is the Higher Law, Paperback

Descriere

Bestselling author David Levithan (Every Day; Boy Meets Boy; Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) treats the tragic events of September 11th with care and compassion in this novel of loss and grief, but also of hope and redemption. First there is a Before, and then there is an After. . . . The lives of three teens--Claire, Jasper, and Peter--are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother in his classroom. Jasper, a college sophomore from Brooklyn, wakes to his parents' frantic calls from Korea, wondering if he's okay. Peter, a classmate of Claire's, has to make his way back to school as everything happens around him. Here are three teens whose intertwining lives are reshaped by this catastrophic event. As each gets to know the other, their moments become wound around each other's in a way that leads to new understandings, new friendships, and new levels of awareness for the world around them and the people close by. David Levithan has written a novel of loss and grief, but also one of hope and redemption aAs histhe characters slowly learn to move forward in their lives, despite being changed forever, one rule remains: love is indeed the higher law. A MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD WINNER From the Hardcover edition.

Despre autor

David Levithan

autor și editor american de literatură pentru tineri · n. 1972

David Levithan este un autor și editor american de ficțiune pentru tineri. A scris numeroase lucrări care prezintă personaje gay masculine puternice, cele mai notabile fiind Boy Meets Boy și Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List. Șase dintre cărțile lui Levithan au câștigat sau au fost finaliste la Premiul Lambda pentru Literatură pentru Copii și Tineret, făcându-l cel mai apreciat autor în această categorie.