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From Ireland's first laureate for children's literature comes a story of abuse and neglect told with sincerity, heart, and a healthy dose of humor.
Jono has always been able to cope with his mother's drinking, but when she hits his little sister Julie, he decides it's time for them to run away. Told in Jono's funny, self-conscious voice, the layers of his past and the events of his escape are gradually revealed. Amusing and touching but never sentimental, Siobhan Parkinson is a well reviewed middle-grade author who now turns her considerable skill as a writer to a young adult audience.
Jono has always been able to cope with his mother's drinking, but when she hits his little sister Julie, he decides it's time for them to run away. Told in Jono's funny, self-conscious voice, the layers of his past and the events of his escape are gradually revealed. Amusing and touching but never sentimental, Siobhan Parkinson is a well reviewed middle-grade author who now turns her considerable skill as a writer to a young adult audience.
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"Unassumingly slender, Long Story Short packs a serious wallop. It's narrated by Jono, a 14-year-old kid from a troubled Irish family whose story is wrenching, but whose manner of telling it is disarming, honest, and often hilarious . . . . Don't miss this one."
The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Parkinson's strength is her ability to tell a tense, believable story in an economical style with just enough question marks."
VOYA
"There's a clever lesson in creative writing threaded throughout this slim but pulse-pounding novel."
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