As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth
Published on 20. April 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-06-187092-7 (ISBN)
Description
Wait The train was moving. Ry could hardly tell at first, but now he knew. It was gaining speed, and he wasn't fast enough to catch it. He had only gotten off for a minute, just to make a phone call-and now it was gone. He was in the middle of nowhere, alone. Maybe it was the middle of nowhere, but to Ry, it felt like the beginning of something. Something that would take him in cars, planes, boats ...over an ocean and back. Something like an adventure.
Reviews / Votes
ALA Booklist Editors' Choice "Relentlessly entertaining...an absolute delight." -- Booklist (starred review) "Wherever Perkins's warm, funny, wise narrative goes is where a reader wants to be." -- Horn Book (starred review) "A long, immensely enjoyable, curiously comforting ramble through an absurd-but-benign world." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "[Perkins's] observations and turns of phrase are as unexpected and delightful as the travels she weaves together." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A rich, eventful, and extremely entertaining summer road trip." -- New York Times Book ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: Eighth Grade and over, Interest Age: From 13 years
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
483 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-06-187092-7 (9780061870927)
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Lynne Rae Perkins
As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth
E-Book
04/2010
HarperCollins
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Person
Lynne Rae Perkins was awarded the Newbery Medal for Criss Cross. She is the author of three other novels-All Alone in the Universe, As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth, and Nuts to You. Lynne Rae Perkins has also written and illustrated several picture books, including The Broken Cat; Snow Music, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book and a Book Sense Top Ten Pick; Pictures from Our Vacation; and The Cardboard Piano. The author lives with her family in northern Michigan.