Life: An Exploded Diagram

by Mal Peet

Book Overview

Carnegie Medalist Mal Peet ignites an epic tale of young love against the dramatic backdrop of the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Can love survive a lifetime? When working-class Clem Ackroyd falls for Frankie Mortimer, the gorgeous daughter of a wealthy local landowner, he has no hope that it can. After all, the world teeters on the brink of war, and bombs could rain down any minute over the bleak English countryside -- just...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076365227X
• ISBN13: 9780763652272
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher