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Like a Hurricane

Contributor(s): Bécotte, Jonathan (Author), Kaplansky, Jonathan (Translator)

ISBN: 9781459835238

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

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Pub Date: February 14, 2023

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 2022936540

Lexile Code: 0620

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Target Age Group: 09 to 12

Physical Info: 0.70" H x 7.20" L x 5.10" W ( 0.30 lbs) 128 pages

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Description: In this novel in verse for middle readers, a young teen struggles with revealing who he really is to those he loves.

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Jonathan Bécotte is the author of a number of works for young people. The French edition of Like A Hurricane, Comme un ouragan, was nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award in 2021, as was his earlier young adult novel in verse, Maman veut partir (2018). Jonathan has won the Prix Cécile-Gagnon and the Prix Alvine-Bélisle. He lives in Montreal, where he teaches elementary school.

Review Quotes: "Beautiful, heart-warming, heart-rending, exquisitely realized in verse with minimal text, each word powerful and poignant...A text one will want to read and reread and reread. Highly Recommended."-- "CM: Canadian Review of Materials"

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