Numbers
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 3. December 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-1-4597-3248-3 (ISBN)
Description
#1 Calgary Herald Bestseller
Just when Andy starts to feel like he finally belongs, can he stand up to the person he trusted the most?
Andy Crockett doesn't fit in at his new school - not with the goths, not with the jocks, and certainly not with the brains. Not even, really, with The Six, a group of misfits who hang out with each other mostly because they can't stand hanging out with anyone else.
But maybe Andy's luck is changing ... and all because he is in Mr. Reztlaff's grade ten social class - Mr. Retzlaff, the coolest teacher; in fact, the coolest thing about Parkerville Comprehensive. Social is awesome from day one. It's the class that looks at World War II, Hitler, and the Holocaust. It's the class Andy wants to ace - and make Mr. Retzlaff proud.
But eventually Andy also begins to understand that acing the class might just have a greater cost than he's willing to pay. And when it turns out that Mr. Retzlaff might not be so cool after all, Andy is facing the most difficult decision of his life.
Just when Andy starts to feel like he finally belongs, can he stand up to the person he trusted the most?
Andy Crockett doesn't fit in at his new school - not with the goths, not with the jocks, and certainly not with the brains. Not even, really, with The Six, a group of misfits who hang out with each other mostly because they can't stand hanging out with anyone else.
But maybe Andy's luck is changing ... and all because he is in Mr. Reztlaff's grade ten social class - Mr. Retzlaff, the coolest teacher; in fact, the coolest thing about Parkerville Comprehensive. Social is awesome from day one. It's the class that looks at World War II, Hitler, and the Holocaust. It's the class Andy wants to ace - and make Mr. Retzlaff proud.
But eventually Andy also begins to understand that acing the class might just have a greater cost than he's willing to pay. And when it turns out that Mr. Retzlaff might not be so cool after all, Andy is facing the most difficult decision of his life.
Reviews / Votes
In Andy's accessible, matter-of-fact first-person narrative, Poulsen explores a topic not often covered in teen fiction. * Booklist * A worthwhile purchase for libraries looking to fill a niche. * School Library Journal * Very highly recommended and certain to be an enduringly popular addition to both school and community library collections. * Midwest Review of Books * Numbers is a deeply moving, nuanced, and fascinating depiction of how confusion and vulnerability can sometimes cause damages that can never be fully repaired. * Quill & Quire * Poulsen did a good job with characterization, which was vital in order to explain how a Holocaust denier could come to hold such sway over his audience. * CM magazine * Both as a nostalgic reminder of one's high school years and an inspiration to think thoroughly, independently, and compassionately, Numbers should be very close to number one on your reading list. * Bookpleasures.com * A book about Holocaust denial . . . with a complex plot which will thoroughly engage teenage readers. * Jewish Book Council * Numbers is a cautionary tale about the importance of questioning authority and demonstrates how easy it is to be swayed by charisma over facts - lessons which need to be re-learned over and over again from one generation to the next. * AJL Review *More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Young adult
Reading Age: From 12 to 15 years, Interest Age: From 12 to 15 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
136 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4597-3248-3 (9781459732483)
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Person
David A. Poulsen has been a broadcaster, teacher, football coach, and actor who spends eighty to one hundred days each year as a visiting author in schools across Canada. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Old Man, which was short-listed for the Forest of Reading White Pine award, and Numbers which won the Sakura Medal in Japan. He lives in the foothills west of Claresholm, Alberta.