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Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling
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Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling

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This novel-in-verse at once literary and emotionally gripping follows the unfolding friendship between two very different teenage girls who share a hospital room and an illness. Chess, the narrator, is sick, but with what exactly, she isn t sure. And to make matters worse, she must share a hospital room with Shannon, her polar opposite. Where Chess is polite, Shannon is rude. Where Chess tolerates pain silently, Shannon screams bloody murder. Where Chess seems to be getting slowly better, Shannon seems to be getting worse. How these teenagers become friends, helping each other come to terms with their illness, makes for a dramatic and deeply moving read. An emotional and innovative novel…. There is so much pathos and humor in these two hospital beds. E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars
A story told with the utmost economy of language intense, compelling, and satisfying. Susan Patron, author of the Newbery Medal winner The Higher Power of Lucky
Riveting, humanizing and real.
Kirkus Reviews, Starred A raw, unsentimental perspective on the fight to keep an illness from overpowering one’s identity.
Publishers Weekly
From the Hardcover edition.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Country
United States
Date
5 August 2014
Pages
259
ISBN
9780307979759

This novel-in-verse at once literary and emotionally gripping follows the unfolding friendship between two very different teenage girls who share a hospital room and an illness. Chess, the narrator, is sick, but with what exactly, she isn t sure. And to make matters worse, she must share a hospital room with Shannon, her polar opposite. Where Chess is polite, Shannon is rude. Where Chess tolerates pain silently, Shannon screams bloody murder. Where Chess seems to be getting slowly better, Shannon seems to be getting worse. How these teenagers become friends, helping each other come to terms with their illness, makes for a dramatic and deeply moving read. An emotional and innovative novel…. There is so much pathos and humor in these two hospital beds. E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars
A story told with the utmost economy of language intense, compelling, and satisfying. Susan Patron, author of the Newbery Medal winner The Higher Power of Lucky
Riveting, humanizing and real.
Kirkus Reviews, Starred A raw, unsentimental perspective on the fight to keep an illness from overpowering one’s identity.
Publishers Weekly
From the Hardcover edition.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Country
United States
Date
5 August 2014
Pages
259
ISBN
9780307979759