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Wide Awake
  • Published: 9 September 2008
  • ISBN: 9780375834677
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $29.99

Wide Awake

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25 July 2006
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9 Sept 2008
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The author's growing reputation in the YA world and his willingness to try new things are helping build a broad fanbase that began with his first book, Boy Meets Boy. Here he creates a portrait of politically-active, idealistic teens as they seek to help make the world the kind of place they want it to be while trying to maintain their relationship with each other. Filled with characters who are looking for something readers of all ages are looking for: truth, how to be yourself, and, of course, love. We've given the paperback a new cover treatment to emphasize the love story aspect, and timed it to be available for the upcoming presidential election.

The New York Times bestselling author of Every Day delivers an emotional and politically charged novel that’s perfect reading for an election year—and for every year—but most especially for those times when the very democratic process is called into question and basic rights are at risk.
 
In the not-too-impossible-to-imagine future, a gay Jewish man has been elected president of the United States. Until the governor of one state decides that some election results in his state are invalid, awarding crucial votes to the other candidate, and his fellow party member. Thus is the inspiration for couple Jimmy and Duncan to lend their support to their candidate by deciding to take part in the rallies and protests. Along the way comes an exploration of their relationship, their politics, and their country, and sometimes, as they learn, it's more about the journey than it is about reaching the destination.

Only David Levithan could so masterfully and creatively weave together a plot that's both parts political action and reaction, as well as a touching and insightfully-drawn teen love story.
 
A MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD WINNER
  • Published: 9 September 2008
  • ISBN: 9780375834677
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $29.99
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About the author

David Levithan

When not writing during spare hours on weekends, David Levithan is editorial director at Scholastic and the founding editor of the PUSH imprint, which is devoted to finding new voices and new authors in teen literature. His acclaimed novels Boy Meets Boy and The Realm of Possibility started as stories he wrote for his friends for Valentine's Day (something he's done for the past 22 years and counting) that turned themselves into teen novels. He's often asked if the book is a work of fantasy or a work of reality, and the answer is right down the middle—it's about where we're going, and where we should be.
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Invisibility
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Every You, Every Me
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Praise for Wide Awake

Praise for Wide Awake

  • "Levithan's latest reaches out to shake readers awake, showing them how each person's life touches another, and another, until ultimately history is made."--Booklist, Starred
  • "An eye-opening journey packed with enough humorous, button-pushing, acoustic-guitar strumming satire to keep readers laughing, but with enough political wallop to fill them with urgency, hope and inspiration."--Kirkus Reviews
  • "In conjuring a world where every bote actually counts, Wide Awake stand with Levithan's extrordinary Boy Meets Boy in sheer creativity of plot, setting, and message."--School Library Journal

    • Praise for Boy Meets Boy
  • "Levithan's prophecy of a hate-free world in which everyone loves without persecution makes this a provocative and important read for all young adults, gay or straight."--School Library Journal, Starred