Read Between the Lines by Jo Knowles

Read Between the Lines by Jo Knowles

Does anyone ever see us for who we really are? Jo Knowles s revelatory novel of interlocking stories peers behind the scrim as it follows nine teens and one teacher through a seemingly ordinary day.

Thanks to a bully in gym class, unpopular Nate suffers a broken finger the middle one, splinted to flip off the world. It won t be the last time a middle finger is raised on this day. Dreamer Claire envisions herself sitting in an artsy cafe, filling a journal, but fate has other plans. One cheerleader dates a closeted basketball star; another questions just how, as a big girl, she fits in. A group of boys scam drivers for beer money without remorse or so it seems. Over the course of a single day, these voices and others speak loud and clear about the complex dance that is life in a small town. They resonate in a gritty and unflinching portrayal of a day like any other, with ordinary traumas, heartbreak, and revenge. But on any given day, the line where presentation and perception meet is a tenuous one, so hard to discern. Unless, of course, one looks a little closer and reads between the lines.

Jumping Off Swings and its sequel, Living with Jackie Chan, are written by Jo Knowles, as is See You at Harry's. Her family and she live in Vermont.

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ISBN 13	9780763691028
ISBN 10	076369102X
Title	Read Between the Lines
Author	Jo Knowles
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Candlewick Press,U.S.
Year published	2016-10-11
Number of pages	336
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