The Opposite of Music
$26.99
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
17 July 2008
Summary
when i am well
i will take you
At first Billy’s father just seemed distant, as if he had something on his mind. Then he stopped listening to music, saying it hurt his ears. After a while he stopped eating and sleeping. And after that he just stopped. Stopped being Billy’s father and his friend and became someone else. Someone who was depressed and withdrawn and wouldn’t respond to treatments.
Determined to help their father, Billy and his family devise…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781416958239 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1416958231 |
| Author: | Janet Ruth Young |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 17 July 2008 |
| Weight: | 361g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 140mm x 23mm |
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Critics Review
“The Opposite of Musicis a skilled and unsettling storyof enmeshment in the extreme. Eerily absorbing!” – Deb Caletti, author of the National Book Award nominee,Honey Baby Sweetheart
“No reader can fail to be touched by the combination of determination, courage, and magical thinking that the Morrisons call forth when they realize their father has lost his way. Every family fights similar battles.
But few families have an innovative and compassionate writer like Janet Ruth Young to chronicle the struggle.”
– Lois Lowry, author of the Newbery Award-winning novels, Number the Stars and The Giver
“The Opposite of Music is a skilled and unsettling storyof enmeshment in the extreme. Eerily absorbing!” – Deb Caletti, author of the National Book Award nominee, Honey Baby Sweetheart
About The Author
Janet Ruth Young
Janet Ruth Young is the author of the teen novels My Beautiful Failure, Things I Shouldn’t Think (previously published as The Babysitter Murders), and The Opposite of Music. She lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Visit her at JanetRuthYoung.com.
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