Trouble by Gary D Schmidt

Trouble by Gary D Schmidt

Henry Smiths father told him that if you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you. But Trouble comes careening down the road one night in the form of a pickup truck that strikes Henrys older brother, Franklin. In the truck is Chay Chouan, a young Cambodian from Franklins preparatory school. The tragedy sparks racial tensions in the schooland in the town where Henrys family has lived for generations. Caught between anger and grief, Henry does the only thing he feels he can: he sets off for Mt. Katahdin, which he and Franklin had planned to climb together. One July morning, he leaves for Maine with his best friend and the loveable stray, Black Dog, in tow. But when they encounter Chay Chouan on the road, fleeing demons of his own, Henry learns that turning a blind eye to Trouble only brings Trouble closer With moments of humor, tenderness, and remarkable strength, Henry and Chay travel a path to the mountain that neither of them expects. Gary D. Schmidt is the author of The Wednesday Wars, which won a Newbery Honor, and also of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, which won both a Newbery Honor and a Printz Honor. His other novels for Clarion are Straw Into Gold and Ansons Way. He is a professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Jason Culpis an accomplished actor of stage and screen, with audiobook performances for bestselling authors John Irving and Peter Straub. He lives in New York City and is currently working on a novel of his own.

Gary Schmidt is an English professor at Calvin College and coauthor of Pushing the Limits of Children's Literature with Carol Winters.

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ISBN 13	9780618927661
ISBN 10	0618927662
Title	Trouble
Author	Gary D Schmidt
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Year published	2008-04-21
Number of pages	297
Prizes	Commended for Society of Midland Authors Award (Children's Fiction) 2009, Short-listed for Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 2011, Short-listed for Virginia Readers Choice Award (High School) 2010, Short-listed for Nevada Young Readers' Award (Intermediate) 2011, Short-listed for Charlotte Award (Young Adult) 2010, Short-listed for Sequoyah Book Awards (Intermediate) 2011
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