Monkey Island (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
Eleven-year-old Clay must find a home on the streets of New York City in this award-winning, heartbreakingly honest novel.
He was eleven years old, and he had never felt so alone in his life.
Clay Garrity lived a normal life until his father lost...
He was eleven years old, and he had never felt so alone in his life.
Clay Garrity lived a normal life until his father lost...
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Eleven-year-old Clay must find a home on the streets of New York City in this award-winning, heartbreakingly honest novel.
He was eleven years old, and he had never felt so alone in his life.
Clay Garrity lived a normal life until his father lost his job and abandoned the family. Now his pregnant mother has deserted him too, leaving Clay alone in a welfare hotel with a jar of peanut butter and half a loaf of bread. Fearing being placed in foster care, Clay runs away.
Alone in the city, Clay wanders down streets with boarded-up buildings and through dark alleys, until he comes to a small triangular park that looks like an island in a stream. In the light of a street lamp, he sees cardboard boxes, blankets, bundles-and people. Some are lying on benches, others inside boxes. Two of the men, Calvin and Buddy, offer to share their shelter, and Clay is grateful to have a place to stay during the bitter November cold. Before long, Calvin, Buddy, and Clay form a family amid the threatening dangers and despair of the streets.
Clay knows that leaving the streets and going into foster care means that he may never see his parents again. But if he stays, he may not survive at all.
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults, this acclaimed novel offers an intensely moving and candid look at the all-too-real lives of homeless teens.
He was eleven years old, and he had never felt so alone in his life.
Clay Garrity lived a normal life until his father lost his job and abandoned the family. Now his pregnant mother has deserted him too, leaving Clay alone in a welfare hotel with a jar of peanut butter and half a loaf of bread. Fearing being placed in foster care, Clay runs away.
Alone in the city, Clay wanders down streets with boarded-up buildings and through dark alleys, until he comes to a small triangular park that looks like an island in a stream. In the light of a street lamp, he sees cardboard boxes, blankets, bundles-and people. Some are lying on benches, others inside boxes. Two of the men, Calvin and Buddy, offer to share their shelter, and Clay is grateful to have a place to stay during the bitter November cold. Before long, Calvin, Buddy, and Clay form a family amid the threatening dangers and despair of the streets.
Clay knows that leaving the streets and going into foster care means that he may never see his parents again. But if he stays, he may not survive at all.
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults, this acclaimed novel offers an intensely moving and candid look at the all-too-real lives of homeless teens.
Autoren-Porträt von Paula Fox
Paula Fox was a notable figure in contemporary American literature. She earned wide acclaim for her children's books, as well as for her novels and memoirs for adults. Born in New York City on April 22, 1923, her early years were turbulent. She moved from upstate New York to Cuba to California, and from one school to another. An avid reader at a young age, her love of literature sustained her through the difficulties of an unsettled childhood. At first, Fox taught high school, writing only when occasion permitted. Soon, however, she was able to devote herself to writing full-time, but kept a foot in the classroom by teaching creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania, New York University, and the State University of New York.In her novels for young readers, Fox fearlessly tackles difficult topics such as death, race, and illness. She has received many distinguished literary awards including a Newbery Medal for The Slave Dancer (1974), a National Book Award for A Place Apart (1983), and a Newbery Honor for One-Eyed Cat (1984). Worldwide recognition for Fox's contribution to literature for children came with the presentation of the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1978.
Fox's novels for adults have also been highly praised. Her 2002 memoir, Borrowed Finery, received the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir, and in 2013 the Paris Review presented her with the Hadada Award, honoring her contribution to literature and the writing community. In 2011, Fox was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame.
Fox passed away in 2017 at the age of ninety-three.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Paula Fox
- Altersempfehlung: 12 - 14 Jahre
- 2016, 160 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Open Road Media Teen & Tween
- ISBN-10: 1504037413
- ISBN-13: 9781504037419
- Erscheinungsdatum: 28.06.2016
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Pressezitat
ALA Best Book for Young AdultsALA Notable Book for ChildrenA Horn Book Fanfare Selection
“An emotionally powerful story . . . These are characters readers will understand and care about. . . . Masterfully crafted.” —The Horn Book Magazine, starred review
“[Fox] tells with almost unbearable clarity about a boy’s quest to find himself.” —Booklist, starred review
“Exquisitely crafted with spare but resonant detail . . . an absorbing, profoundly disturbing but ultimately hopeful story.” —Kirkus Reviews, pointer review
“Delicate and moving . . . A relentless story that succeeds in conveying the bitter facts.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A quietly terrifying, wholly compelling novel . . . Once again, Fox displays her remarkable ability to render life as seen by a sensitive child. . . . Clear-eyed and unblinking as ever, she shows us the grit, misery and despair of the homeless.” —Publishers Weekly
“A carefully crafted, thoughtful book.” —School Library Journal
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