The Facts Speak for Themselves - Softcover
When she is found standing at the bloody scene where her mother's boyfriend committed suicide and her elderly lover was murdered, thirteen-year-old Linda will have a lot of explaining to do about how things got so terribly out of hand. Reprint.
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Fans of Brock Cole's savvy, independent protagonist in Celine may be shocked by the raw young woman they meet in The Facts Speak for Themselves. The novel challenges our ideas about young-adult books and about young adults themselves: its story is gritty; its rhythm is oddly primitive; its level of honesty about people and events is unparalleled. Cole tells the tale of 13-year-old Linda who, when we meet her in the beginning of the book, has just come to the police station after witnessing the murder of a man--an adult who may be her lover. The situation is extreme; the nuances are deep. Linda struggles madly against everyone's presumptions about who she appears to be. She tries to tell the story straight, to let the facts speak for themselves. This important book will stimulate discussions in classrooms and between friends.
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Brock Cole is an award-winning children's author as well as a noted artist and illustrator. Born in a small town in Michigan, he now lives in Buffalo, New York.
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- PublisherPuffin
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0141306963
- ISBN 13 9780141306964
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages184
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