Nothing
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Author
Contributors
Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010.
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition
ISBN
9781416985792, 1416985794, 9781442441163, 144244116X
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 19 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1000L
Status
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Headquarters Library - Young Adult Fiction | YA FICTION TELLER,J | In |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Anxiety -- Juvenile fiction.
Existentialism -- Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Interpersonal relations in adolescence -- Juvenile fiction.
Life -- Juvenile fiction.
Materialism -- Juvenile fiction.
Meaning (Philosophy) -- Juvenile fiction.
Novels.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Students -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction, Danish -- 21st century.
Young adult fiction.
Youth and death -- Juvenile fiction.
Existentialism -- Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Interpersonal relations in adolescence -- Juvenile fiction.
Life -- Juvenile fiction.
Materialism -- Juvenile fiction.
Meaning (Philosophy) -- Juvenile fiction.
Novels.
Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
Students -- Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction, Danish -- 21st century.
Young adult fiction.
Youth and death -- Juvenile fiction.
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Published
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010.
Edition
First U.S. edition
Language
English
ISBN
9781416985792, 1416985794, 9781442441163, 144244116X
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6.1, 5 Points
Level 6.1, 5 Points
Lexile measure
1000
Notes
General Note
Michael L. Printz Honor Book, 2011.
Description
"Nothing matters." "From the moment you are born, you start to die." "The Earth is 4.6 billion years old. You'll live to be a maximum of one hundred. Life isn't worth the bother!" So says Pierre Anthon when he decides that there is no meaning to life, leaves the classroom, climbs a plum tree, and stays there. His friends and classmates cannot get him to come down, not even by pelting him with rocks. So to prove to him that there is a meaning to life, they set out to build a heap of meaning in an abandoned sawmill. But it soon becomes obvious that each person cannot give up what is most meaningful, so they begin to decide for one another what the others must give up. The pile is started with a lifetime's collection of Dungeons & Dragons books, a fishing rod, a pair of green sandles, a pet hamster--but then, as each demand becomes more extreme, things start taking a very morbid twist, and the kids become ever more desperate to get Pierre Anthon down. And what if, after all these sacrifices, the pile is not meaningful enough? A Lord of the Flies for the twenty-first century, Nothing is a visionary existential novel--about everything, and nothing--that will haunt you. --,From dust jacket.
Target Audience
Ages 12 up.
Target Audience
Young Adult.
Target Audience
1000,Lexile.
Awards
Danish Cultural Ministry Prize for best children's/youth book of 2001.
Awards
Le Prix Libbylit 2008.
Awards
Michael L. Printz Honor Book, 2011.
Awards
Batchelder Award, 2011
Awards
American Library Association Batchelder Honor Book.
Awards
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011.
Local note
Evg acld.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Teller, J., & Aitken, M. (2010). Nothing (First U.S. edition). Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Teller, Janne, 1964- and Martin. Aitken. 2010. Nothing. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Teller, Janne, 1964- and Martin. Aitken. Nothing Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Teller, Janne, and Martin Aitken. Nothing First U.S. edition, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2010.
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