Town Like Alice

Contributor(s): Shute, Nevil (Author)

ISBN: 9780307474001

Publisher: Vintage

Binding Types:

Paperback

$19.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$31.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$30.75 (100+ copies: $30.00)

List/retail price:

$19.00

Pub Date: February 9, 2010

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2010277718

Lexile Code: 0870

Features: Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.80" H x 8.00" L x 5.10" W ( 0.58 lbs) 368 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Vintage International

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000059830 ( Town Like Alice)

Reading level: 5.80

Interest level: UG

Point value: 19.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: This classic novel is a heart-rending story of human fortitude set in the jungles of Malaya during the Japanese occupation, where a group of European women and children struggles to survive on a forced march.

Review Quotes: "Entertaining. . . . Dramatic. . . . Shute is a natural and effective story-teller." --The New York Times

"A ripping tale of budding romance and grace under pressure." --The Times (London)

"A harrowing, exciting, and in the end very satisfying war romance." --Harper's

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