Bruiser

$14.39

Hardcover
Author: Neal Shusterman
Publisher: Harpercollins
Publish Date: June 2010
Language: English
Reading Level: 5.5
EAN: 9780061134081

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Overview

The New York Times bestselling author of Challenger Deep, Neal Shusterman, delivers a suspenseful, eloquent, and thrilling novel that you won’t be able to stop thinking about after you’ve put it down.

Tennyson is not surprised, really, when his family begins to fall apart, or when his twin sister, Bront?, starts dating the misunderstood bully, Brewster (or The Bruiser, as the entire high school calls him). Tennyson is determined to get to the bottom of The Bruiser’s reputation, even if it means gearing up for a fight. Bront?, on the other hand, thinks there’s something special underneath that tough exterior. And she’s right…but neither she nor Tennyson is prepared for the truth of what lies below the surface.

Told through Tennyson, Bront?, and Bruiser’s points of view, this dark, twisting novel explores friendship, family, and the sacrifices we make for the people we love.

A Texas Lone Star Reading List selection
A Book Page Top Ten Book of the Year
A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year
A Cooperative Children’s Book Center Choice

Details

Pages: 336
Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.18 x 1.11 in
Lexile Score: 820
Interest Level: Upper Grade (UG)
Point Value: 10
ISBN: 0061134082

Awards

2013 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2013 Golden Sower Award - Honor Book (Young Adult)
2013 Grand Canyon Reader Award - Recommended (Teen)
2013 Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee (High School)
2013 Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee (Senior/Grades 10-12)
2012 Beehive Awards - Nominee (Young Adult)
2012 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Winner (Grades 9-12)
2011 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended (Fourteen and Up)
2011 Florida Teens Read - Nominee (Grades 9-12)
2011 Texas Lone Star Reading List - Commended (Young Adult)