Sound from a Star
Published on 1. October 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
156 pages
978-1-889262-99-4 (ISBN)
Description
Fifteen-year-old Devon Turner, a junior in high school, thinks he's picked up music from outer space on his satellite dish. He records the sound, takes it to an astronomer who shares it with a musicologist. Within 24 hours, the sound is being played on radio stations everywhere. The music has a powerful vibration that can be used to heal or to destroy. Where is the music coming from?
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Language
English
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: From Eighth Grade to Twelfth Grade, Interest Age: From 13 to 17 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
206 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-889262-99-4 (9781889262994)
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FRED YAGER grew up in a small town in upstate New York. He served in the US Navy, where he graduated from the Defense Information School followed by an 18-month tour as an embedded journalist and designated War Correspondent in Vietnam. After his honorable discharge, he joined the Associated Press where he worked for 13 years as a writer, film critic and managing editor of APTV. Since leaving the AP, he has worked as a freelance screenwriter, a television news producer, and at various corporate communications and public relations positions. Fred's 11 books include six novels, three nonfiction books, and two collections of poetry. For more on Fred, go to: http://www.fredandjanyager.com