Love Is the Higher Law

Love Is the Higher Law
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Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 178
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ISBN-10 : 9780375834691
ISBN-13 : 0375834699
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Book Synopsis Love Is the Higher Law by : David Levithan

Download or read book Love Is the Higher Law written by David Levithan and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author David Levithan (Every Day; Boy Meets Boy; Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) treats the tragic events of September 11th with care and compassion in this novel of loss and grief, but also of hope and redemption. First there is a Before, and then there is an After. . . . The lives of three teens—Claire, Jasper, and Peter—are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother in his classroom. Jasper, a college sophomore from Brooklyn, wakes to his parents’ frantic calls from Korea, wondering if he’s okay. Peter, a classmate of Claire’s, has to make his way back to school as everything happens around him. Here are three teens whose intertwining lives are reshaped by this catastrophic event. As each gets to know the other, their moments become wound around each other’s in a way that leads to new understandings, new friendships, and new levels of awareness for the world around them and the people close by. David Levithan has written a novel of loss and grief, but also one of hope and redemption aAs histhe characters slowly learn to move forward in their lives, despite being changed forever, one rule remains: love is indeed the higher law. A MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD WINNER

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