Wonderland by Michael Bamberger
Pennsbury High School would be like any other were it not for one thing: its prom. Its spring dance is considered to be one of this country's best legacies. Wonderland is the inspiring true story of a dance floor and the kids who fill it: a tale of hope, sex, love, and loss. For one year, the students, parents, and teachers of Pennsbury invited Michael Bamberger, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, into their classrooms, their homes, their parties, and their dreams. He discovered an extraordinary and disparate group of everyday teenagers whose stories were touching, odd, funny, and beautiful.In Wonderland, lives intersect in unpredictable ways and are never what they appear to be. The star quarterback hides the pain of not knowing where his father is. A student with cerebral palsy is desperate to learn to tie Eagle Scout knots, despite a useless left hand. And then there is Bob Costa, who dreams of bringing glory to the school by convincing John Mayer, whose song Your Body Is a Wonderland is an anthem for the students, to perform at the prom. Critically acclaimed in hardcover, Wonderland is published in paperback with a new afterword by the author.
Michael Bamberger was born in the year 1960 in Patchogue, New York. He worked as a newspaper reporter after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982, first for the (Martha's) Vineyard Gazette and then for The Philadelphia Inquirer. He is presently a senior writer for GOLF magazine and Golf.com after twenty-two years at Sports Illustrated. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, Christine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802141972 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802141978 |
| Title | Wonderland |
| Author | Michael Bamberger |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Year published | 2005-03-07 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Young Adult) 2007 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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