The Year Without Michael

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Bantam Books, 1987 - Juvenile Fiction - 164 pages
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Somewhere between home and the softball field, 16-year-old Jody's brother Michael has disappeared, and Jody watches in horror as her world falls apart. Jody's urgent need to find her brother and keep her family together leads to her own kind of discovery.

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A very tough emotionally laden book about the disappearance of a child from a family, emphasizing problems that were already there within the family. I listened to the audio version and truly felt the ... Read full review

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Section 2
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Section 3
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Anise anymore anyway birthday Bruce Springsteen cake Chapman crazy crying David Templeton dead door everything father feel felt Frankie friends girl Grainger Gran Granny and Granddad Happy Birthday hate hear Hello hope Jerry Jerry Murphy Jody asked Jody called Jody declared Jody looked Jody nodded Jody replied Jody's grandmother Jody's mother asked Jody's mother declared Kay asked Kay declared Kay replied Kay's kids kitchen knew Labor Day laughed Linda living room look for Michael Maris asked Michael Chapman Michael comes home Michael's birthday missing mother replied never night Officer Dino Officer Dreiser okay parents police pray realized Reverend Richards scared shook her head Singing nuns sister smiled softball sorry stared stay stop sure talk tell Thank there's things think Michael thought told tomorrow waiting walked week what's worry

About the author (1987)

Susan Beth Pfeffer was born in New York City in 1948, and grew up in the city and its nearby suburbs. At the age of six, when her father wrote and published a book, Pfeffer decided she, too, wanted to be a writer; that year, she wrote her first story. She didn't write her first published book, until much later. Just Morgan, a young adult novel, was written during her final semester at New York University, and published the following year. Since then, Pfeffer has been a full-time writer for young people. She has won numerous awards and citations for her work, which ranges from picture books to middle-grade and young-adult novels and includes both contemporary and historical fiction. Her young adult novel About David was awarded the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award. Her young adult novel The Year Without Michael, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and winner of the South Carolina Young Adult Book Award, was named by the American Library Association as one of the hundred best books for teenagers written between 1968-1993. Pfeffer has also written a book for adults on writing for children. She has written over 60 books for children and young adults.

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TitleThe Year Without Michael
Bantam Starfire book
AuthorSusan Beth Pfeffer
Edition2, reissue
PublisherBantam Books, 1987
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedSep 2, 2009
ISBN0553054309, 9780553054309
Length164 pages
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Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Runaways
  
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