
The Memory of Things
Gae Polisner(Author)
St Martin's Press
Published on 6. September 2016
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-250-09552-7 (ISBN)
Description
On the morning of September 11, 2001, sixteen year old Kyle Donohue watches the first twin tower come down from the window of Stuyvesant High School. Moments later, terrified and fleeing home to safety across the Brooklyn Bridge, he stumbles across a girl perched in the shadows. She is covered in ash and wearing a pair of costume wings. With his mother and sister in California and unable to reach his father, a New York City detective likely on his way to the disaster, Kyle makes the split second decision to bring the girl home. What follows is their story, told in alternating points of view, as Kyle tries to unravel the mystery of the girl so he can return her to her family. But what if the girl has forgotten everything, even her own name? And what if the more Kyle gets to know her, the less he wants her to go home? The Memory of Things tells a stunning story of friendship and first love and of carrying on with our day to day living in the midst of world changing tragedy and unforgettable pain - it tells a story of hope.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
384 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-250-09552-7 (9781250095527)
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09/2016
St. Martin's Press
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Person
Gae Polisner is the award-winning author of The Summer of Letting Go (Nerdy Book Club Best YA 2014, Teen Ink Editor's Choice Badge of Approval) and The Pull of Gravity (2012 Bank Street Best, 2012 PSLA Top Forty, Nerdy Book Club Best YA 2011). She also co-hosts Teachers Write!, a virtual writers camp for teachers and educators. She lives in Long Island, New York with her family.