The Resource Salvage the bones : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
Salvage the bones : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
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Resource Information
The item Salvage the bones : a novel, Jesmyn Ward represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9781608195220
- Label
- Salvage the bones : a novel
- Title
- Salvage the bones
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Jesmyn Ward
- Subject
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- trueRural poor -- Mississippi
- African American children -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American families
- African American families -- Mississippi -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American teenage girls
- African American teenage girls -- Fiction
- trueBrothers and sisters
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- trueFamily
- Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction
- trueGulf Coast, Mississippi
- trueHurricane Katrina, 2005
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction
- trueMississippi
- trueMother-separated families
- Motherless families -- Fiction
- Rural poor -- Mississippi -- Fiction
- trueSiblings
- trueTeenage pregnancy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Enduring a hardscrabble existence as the children of alcoholic and absent parents, four siblings from a coastal Mississippi town prepare their meager stores for the arrival of Hurricane Katrina while struggling with such challenges as a teen pregnancy and a dying litter of prize pups
- Award
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- Alex Award, 2012.
- National Book Award for Fiction, 2011.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2011.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2012.
- Awards note
- National Book Award, Fiction, 2011.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10003061
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ward, Jesmyn
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 890L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- UG
- Literary form
- novels
- Reading level
- 5.3
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African American children
- African American teenage girls
- Brothers and sisters
- Motherless families
- African American families
- Rural poor
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Gulf Coast (Miss.)
- Label
- Salvage the bones : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 819513
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9781608195220
- Lccn
- 2010053025
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781608195220
- (OCoLC)694566457
- Label
- Salvage the bones : a novel, Jesmyn Ward
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 819513
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 261 pages
- Isbn
- 9781608195220
- Lccn
- 2010053025
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781608195220
- (OCoLC)694566457
Subject
- trueRural poor -- Mississippi
- African American children -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American families
- African American families -- Mississippi -- Fiction
- trueAfrican American teenage girls
- African American teenage girls -- Fiction
- trueBrothers and sisters
- Brothers and sisters -- Fiction
- trueFamily
- Gulf Coast (Miss.) -- Fiction
- trueGulf Coast, Mississippi
- trueHurricane Katrina, 2005
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Fiction
- trueMississippi
- trueMother-separated families
- Motherless families -- Fiction
- Rural poor -- Mississippi -- Fiction
- trueSiblings
- trueTeenage pregnancy
Genre
Included in
- trueNational Book Awards: Fiction
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2011
- trueAlex Award: 2012
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2012
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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