Jumpstart the World by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Jumpstart the World by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Elle is a loner. She doesn't need people. Which is a good thing, because now she has to move out of her apartment so her mother's boyfriend won't have to deal with her.

Then she meets Frank, the guy who lives next door to her new place. Being with him is impossible- he's a grown-up and has a girlfriend. Still, Elle can't stop thinking about him. Frank isn't like anyone Elle has ever met. He listens to her. He's gentle. And Elle is falling for him, hard.

Then Elle discovers that Frank is different in a way that Elle was never prepared for- he's transgender. Elle's head and her heart explode; her world is turned upside down. But when an accident nearly takes Frank's life, Elle must search inside herself to find not only the true meaning of friendship but her own role in jumpstarting the world.

Tender, honest, and compassionate, Jumpstart the World is a stunning story to make you laugh, cry, and honor the power of love.

Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of thirty-three books that have been published. Pay It Forward, her bestseller novel from 1999, was made into a blockbuster Warner Bros. film. The book was named one of the Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association, and it was translated into more than two dozen languages for distribution in more than thirty countries. Becoming Chloe while Kickstart the World were both named to the ALA's Rainbow List, and Jumpstart the World was a finalist for two Lambda Literary Awards and won two Rainbow Awards. A Rainbow Award was given to The Language of Hoofbeats.

Her short tales have appeared in the Antioch Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Ploughshares, Glimmer Train, and the Sun, as well as the collections Santa Barbara Stories and California Shorts, as well as the bestseller anthology Dog Is My Co-Pilot. Her short fiction has won honorable mention in the Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, a second-place award for the Tobias Wolff Award, and nominations for Best American Short Stories, the O. Henry Prize for Fiction, and the O. Henry Prize for Poetry. The Pushcart Prize and the Henry Award Hyde is the creator and past president of the Pay It Forward Foundation, and three of his stories have been included in Best American Short Stories.

She has spoken at the National Conference on Education twice, visited with AmeriCorps members at the White House, and shared a dais with Bill Clinton as a professional public speaker. She resides in California and is an active equestrian, photographer, and traveler.

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ISBN 13	9780375866265
ISBN 10	0375866264
Title	Jumpstart the World
Author	Catherine Ryan Hyde
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2011-11-08
Number of pages	192
Prizes	Short-listed for Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award 2011, Nominated for ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2011, Nominated for Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award., Nominated for Lambda Literary Award 2011, Nominated for Oklahoma Sequoyah Children's Book Award., Nominated for Young Adult Services Division, School Library Journal Author Award.
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