Bang!

Bang! - Paperback

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Bang! - Paperback

Bang! - Paperback

by Sharon G. Flake
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Book Overview

As violence continues in his community, a 13-year-old boy must make some difficult choices to set his life on another course.

Bang! Guns really sound like that, you know.

Bang! And people bleed from everywhere, and blood is redder than you think.

And little kids look funny in caskets. That's 'cause they ain't meant to be in one, I guess.

Mann is only thirteen, yet he has already had to deal with more than most go through in a lifetime. His family is still reeling from the tragic shooting death of his little brother, Jason, each person coping with grief in his or her own way. Mann's mother has stopped eating and is obsessed with preserving Jason's memory, while his father is certain that presenting a hard edge is the only way to keep his remaining son from becoming a statistic. Mann used to paint and ride horseback, but now he's doing everything he can to escape his emotions: getting involved in fights at school, joyriding at midnight, and much worse. His father, at his wit's end, does the only thing he thinks will teach his son how to be a man: he abandons him and his friend Kee-Lee in the woods, leaving them to navigate their way home, alone.

Now Mann, struggling to find his way back to civilization, must also reconcile himself to the realities of a world that has stolen his little brother, and that isn't even sure it still wants Mann in it. One wrong turn and it could all be over for him, too. Bang.
ISBN9781368019408
Author Sharon G. Flake
PublisherLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers
GenreYoung adult
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2018
LanguageENG- English
Pages320
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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As the prolific author of numerous books, Sharon G. Flake's novels have brought a bold dimension to literature for young people, selling more than a million copies worldwide, and reaching readers across the globe through numerous translations and theatrical productions. Ms. Flake's impressive body of work includes dozens of novels, chapter books, and illustrated works. She is the recipient of multiple Coretta Scott King Author Honor Awards and is a Kirkus Award nominee. Ms. Flake has received numerous NAACP Image Award nominations, among other citations, and has been praised as one of the single most influential authors of teen works whose novels have inspired a pantheon of writers. To learn more, please visit: sharongflake.com

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