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Desire Lines
  • Published: 31 October 2012
  • ISBN: 9781849417440
  • Imprint: Definitions
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $24.00

Desire Lines

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A startling teenage novel about moral choices.

Sixteen-year-old Walker has accidentally discvered that two female classmates are lovers. When a rabid evangelical preacher arrives in their town, a witch-hunt is launched against gay students and Walker, for some reason, is the prime target. Walker knows the quickest way to divert the attention would be to give away the girls' secret - but should he sacrifice their peace of mind for his? A powerful, unusual and thought-provoking read from an award-winning author.
  • Published: 31 October 2012
  • ISBN: 9781849417440
  • Imprint: Definitions
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $24.00
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About the author

Jack Gantos

Jack Gantos is the award-winning author of more than 50 books for young readers. He is the creator of the Rotten Ralph picture books, Jack Henry short stories, and the Joey Pigza series. He is also the author of Dead End in Norvelt (a Newbery Medal winner), From Norvelt to Nowhere, and the young adult novels The Trouble in Me, The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs, and Desire Lines. His memoir, Hole in My Life, received Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert honors. Gantos was a professor of creative writing at Emerson College, where he developed the master’s degree program in children’s literature, writing, and publishing.
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Also by Jack Gantos

Joey Pigza Swallowed The Key
Dead End in Norvelt
The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza
The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza
What Would Joey Pigza Do?
Joey Pigza Loses Control
From Norvelt to Nowhere
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Praise for Desire Lines

Desire Lines has both depth and meaning and explores the more serious side of life in an accessible, interesting way

Teen Titles

A powerful and compelling book.

Children's book News Ireland

It is moving and memorable. . . Most of all, it is the analysis of Walker's own self-doubt, anxiety and pain that makes this such a raw if depressing novel

David Self, TES

A darker, older read, which encompasses good, evil, resistance to temptation, homophobia and the collapse of civilisation . . . written in a prose as assured as Scott Fitzgerald's

Michael Thorn, Scotsman

Reminiscent of Cormier

Inis

A well-crafted, thoughtful and enjoyable book

The School Librarian