On a Clear Day
$29.70
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2015
Summary
New York Times bestselling author Walter Dean Myers meets Orwell in an edgy coming-of-age novel set in 2035 as teens, armed only with their ideals, must wage war on the power elite.
“Visionary. This book should be in every reader’s hands.” -JACQUELINE WOODSON, National Book Award-winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming
Young heroes decide that they are not too young or too powerless to change their world in this gripping, futuristic young adult novel by the New York Tim…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385387569 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385387563 |
| Author: | Walter Dean Myers |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ember |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2015 |
| Weight: | 262g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 141mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
Kirkus Reviews starred review, August 15, 2014:
“Readers are left to question what actions are possible, what actions are needed and what actions are right in a world where inaction is an impossibility. A clarion call from a beloved, much-missed master.”
About The Author
Walter Dean Myers
1937-2014
Walter Dean Myers’s fiction and nonfiction books have reached millions of young people. A prolific author of more than one hundred titles, he received every major award in the field of children’s literature. He wrote two Newbery Honor Books, eleven Coretta Scott King Award winners, three National Book Award finalists, and the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. He also received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults and was the first recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. He was a 2010 United States nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Award numerous times. From 2012 to 2013, he served as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature with the platform “Reading is not optional.” In his most-beloved books, Walter explored the themes of taking responsibility for your life and that everyone always gets a second chance.
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