Nothing by Robin Friedman

Nothing by Robin Friedman

Sometimes trees can look healthy on the outside, but actually be dying inside. These trees fall unexpectedly during a storm. For high school senior Parker Rabinowitz, anything less than success is a failure. A dropped extracurricular, a C on a calc quiz, a non-Jewish shiksa girlfriend--one misstep, and his meticulously constructed life splinters and collapses. The countdown to HYP (Harvard, Yale, Princeton) has begun, and he will stay focused. That's why he has to keep it a secret. The pocketful of breath mints. The weird smell in the bathroom. He can't tell his achievement-obsessed father. He can't tell his hired college consultant. And he certainly can't tell Julianne, the vision of hotness he so desperately wants to love. Only Parker's little sister Danielle seems to notice that he's withering away. But the thunder of praise surrounding Parker and his accomplishments reduces her voice to broken poetry: I can't breathe when my brother's around because I feel smothered, blank and faded

Robin Friedman works as an advertising copywriter and freelance writer for a number of New Jersey newspapers and periodicals. Her debut children's book, The Quiet Witness, was published by Houghton Mifflin.

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ISBN 13	9780738713045
ISBN 10	073871304X
Title	Nothing
Author	Robin Friedman
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	North Star Editions
Year published	2008-08-08
Number of pages	240
Prizes	Winner of A 2009 Sydney Taylor Award Notable Book for Teens., Winner of Foreword Magazine 2008 Book of the Year Award - Bronze Medalist (Young Adult)., Winner of A 2010 YALSA Popular Paperback for Young Adults.
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