Bang! by Sharon G Flake
As violence continues in his community, a 13-year-old boy must make some difficult choices to set his life on another course.Bang! Guns really sound like that, you know.
Bang! And people bleed from everywhere, and blood is redder than you think.
And little kids look funny in caskets. That's 'cause they ain't meant to be in one, I guess.
Mann is only thirteen, yet he has already had to deal with more than most go through in a lifetime. His family is still reeling from the tragic shooting death of his little brother, Jason, each person coping with grief in his or her own way. Mann's mother has stopped eating and is obsessed with preserving Jason's memory, while his father is certain that presenting a hard edge is the only way to keep his remaining son from becoming a statistic. Mann used to paint and ride horseback, but now he's doing everything he can to escape his emotions: getting involved in fights at school, joyriding at midnight, and much worse. His father, at his wit's end, does the only thing he thinks will teach his son how to be a man: he abandons him and his friend Kee-Lee in the woods, leaving them to navigate their way home, alone.
Now Mann, struggling to find his way back to civilization, must also reconcile himself to the realities of a world that has stolen his little brother, and that isn't even sure it still wants Mann in it. One wrong turn and it could all be over for him, too. Bang.
The Skin I'm In, a pioneering work by Sharon G.Flake, introduced a daring dimension to writing for young readers. The Skin I'm In has sold over a million copies worldwide and has been translated into multiple languages, making it a modern classic. Across the world, the novel is required reading in classrooms and communities. Flake has written over a dozen books since its publication, garnering many Coretta Scott King Honor Awards, ALA Notable and Top Ten Suggested Books nominations, and an NAACP Image Award nomination, among other honors. Her most recent novel, The Life I'm In, a companion to The Skin I'm In, has received four starred reviews and has been hailed as one of the decade's most anticipated sequels.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781368019408 |
| ISBN 10 | 1368019404 |
| Title | Bang! |
| Author | Sharon G Flake |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hachette Children's Group |
| Year published | 2018-10-16 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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