Author: James Howe
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Keywords: thirteen, ecstasy, agony, capture, stories
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2006-09-26
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 1416926844
ISBN-13: 9781416926849
"If thirteen is supposed to be an unlucky number...you would think a civilized society could come up with a way for us to skip it." -- from "What’s the Worst That Could Happen?" by Bruce CovilleNo one will want to skip any of the twelve short stories and one poem that make up this collection by some of the most celebrated contemporary writers of teen fiction. The big bar mitzvah that goes suddenly, wildly, hilariously out of control. A first kiss -- and a realization about one’s sexual orientation. A crush on a girl that ends up putting the boy who likes her in the hospital. A pair
Author: William T. Vollmann
Publisher: Grove Press
Keywords: thirteen, epitaphs, stories
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1994-07-07
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0802133959
ISBN-13: 9780802133953
The invisible lives of prostitutes, pimps, pornographers, skinheads, and crack addicts are revealed in stories from the dark edge of contemporary life, combining elements of travel writing and reportage, autobiography and anecdotes, and told in a unique, searing voice. Original.
Author: John Patrick Shanley
Publisher: Applause Books
Keywords: shanley, thirteen, plays
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2000-02-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 1557830991
ISBN-13: 9781557830999
Thirteen plays by the Oscar-winning author of Moonstruck. Includes: "The Big Funk," "Savage in Limbo," "Danny & The Deep Blue Sea," "Welcome to the Moon," "The Red Coat," "Down & Out," "Let Us Go Out Into the Starry Night," "Out West," "A Lonely Impulse of Delight," "Women of Manhattan," "The Dreamer Examines His Pillow," "Italian-American Reconciliation," and "Beggars in the House of Plenty." Also includes an introduction by the author.
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Publisher:
Keywords: curses, thirteen
Number of Pages: 464
Published:
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1847384501
ISBN-13: 9781847384508
Author: Jay Asher
Publisher: Razorbill
Keywords: reasons, thirteen
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2007-10-18
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 1595141715
ISBN-13: 9781595141712
Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker--his classmate and crush--who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out how he made the list. Through Hannah and Clay’s dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.
Author: Lauren Myracle
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Keywords: thirteen
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-02-27
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0525478965
ISBN-13: 9780525478966
Winnie Perry is a teenager—at last! And it’s a really big deal. A ginormous deal, which, wouldn’t you know it, brings ginormous problems along with it. Winnie’s bff #1 is growing up too slowly, while her bff #2 is growing up too fast, leaving Winnie stuck in the middle. Winnie’s boyfriend, Lars, is fabulous—except when he’s not. And as for Winnie’s family, well, BIG changes are in the air. Bestselling author Lauren Myracle concludes her enormously popular trilogy about a winning young heroine whose humor, daring, and compassion for others is infectious and unforgettable.
Author: Richard K. Morgan
Publisher: Del Rey
Keywords: thirteen
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 2008-06-24
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0345480899
ISBN-13: 9780345480897
The future isn’t what it used to be since Richard K. Morgan arrived on the scene. He unleashed Takeshi Kovacs–private eye, soldier of fortune, and all-purpose antihero–into the body-swapping, hard-boiled, urban jungle of tomorrow in Altered Carbon, Broken Angels, and Woken Furies, winning the Philip K. Dick Award in the process. In Market Forces, he launched corporate gladiator Chris Faulkner into the brave new business of war-for-profit. Now, in Thirteen, Morgan radically reshapes and recharges science fiction yet again, with a new and unforgettable hero in Carl Marsalis: hybrid, hired
