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Split

A teenaged boy thrown out of his house by his abusive father goes to live with his older brother, who ran away from home years ago to escape the abuse.

Main Author: Avasthi, Swati.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Child abuse > Young adult fiction.
Family violence > Young adult fiction.
Brothers > Young adult fiction.
Summary: A teenaged boy thrown out of his house by his abusive father goes to live with his older brother, who ran away from home years ago to escape the abuse.
Physical Description: 282 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780375863400 (trade)
0375863400 (trade)
9780375963407 (lib. bdg.)
0375963405 (lib. bdg.)
9780375895265 (ebook)
0375895264 (ebook)
Author Notes: Swati Avasthi received her B.A., and at the University of Minnesota, where she is currently studying for her M.F.A. She has received a Loft's Mentor Series Award, a Marcella DeBourg Fellowship, University of Minnesota's GRPP, the Thomas H. Shevlin Fellowship, and her fiction has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

Her debut novel, Split, is a New Voices pick, a Cybils Award Young Adult Fiction winner, a Minnesota Book Award finalist, and a Parent's Choice Silver Award Winner.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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