The Greats

by Deborah Ellis

Book Overview

Winning a national high-school geography competition should be the high point of Jomon's life. So why does he find himself running through the streets of Georgetown, Guyana, later that same night -- so angry and desperate? Why does he heave his hard-won medal through the front window of a liquor store?

Why does a teenaged boy decide life is not worth living?

Arrested by police and detained in a jail cell, Jomon is jolted out of his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773063871
• ISBN13: 9781773063874
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher