The Resource What I leave behind, Alison McGhee
What I leave behind, Alison McGhee
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The item What I leave behind, Alison McGhee represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- Sixteen-year-old Will spends most of his days the same way: Working at the Dollar Only store, trying to replicate his late father's famous cornbread recipe, and walking the streets of Los Angeles. Will started walking after his father committed suicide, and three years later he hasn't stopped. But there are some places Will can't walk by: The blessings store with the chest of 100 Chinese blessings in the back, the bridge on Fourth Street where his father died, and his childhood friend Playa's house. When Will learns Playa was raped at a party--a party he was at, where he saw Playa, and where he believes he could have stopped the worst from happening if he hadn't left early--it spurs Will to stop being complacent in his own sadness and do some good in the world. He begins to leave small gifts for everyone in his life, from Superman the homeless guy he passes on his way to work, to the Little Butterfly Dude he walks by on the way home, to Playa herself. And it is through those acts of kindness that Will is finally able to push past his own trauma and truly begin to live his life again. Oh, and discover the truth about that cornbread
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 202 pages
- Note
- "A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book."
- Isbn
- 9781481476560
- Label
- What I leave behind
- Title
- What I leave behind
- Statement of responsibility
- Alison McGhee
- Subject
-
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Social Themes | Friendship
- Single-parent families -- Fiction
- Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSixteen-year-old boys
- Stores (Retail) -- Fiction
- Stores, Retail
- Stores, Retail -- Juvenile fiction
- Suicide
- Suicide -- Fiction
- Suicide -- Juvenile fiction
- trueTeenagers and death
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Social Themes | Sexual Abuse
- trueYoung adult fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Young adult works
- trueBereavement in teenagers
- trueBest friends
- California -- Los Angeles
- trueFathers -- Suicide
- Fathers and sons
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Grief
- trueGrief
- Grief -- Fiction
- Grief -- Juvenile fiction
- trueGrief in teenage boys
- trueHelpfulness in teenage boys
- Juvenile works
- trueKindness
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Juvenile fiction
- trueLos Angeles, California
- Rape
- trueRape
- Rape -- Fiction
- Rape -- Juvenile fiction
- Single-parent families
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Sixteen-year-old Will spends most of his days the same way: Working at the Dollar Only store, trying to replicate his late father's famous cornbread recipe, and walking the streets of Los Angeles. Will started walking after his father committed suicide, and three years later he hasn't stopped. But there are some places Will can't walk by: The blessings store with the chest of 100 Chinese blessings in the back, the bridge on Fourth Street where his father died, and his childhood friend Playa's house. When Will learns Playa was raped at a party--a party he was at, where he saw Playa, and where he believes he could have stopped the worst from happening if he hadn't left early--it spurs Will to stop being complacent in his own sadness and do some good in the world. He begins to leave small gifts for everyone in his life, from Superman the homeless guy he passes on his way to work, to the Little Butterfly Dude he walks by on the way home, to Playa herself. And it is through those acts of kindness that Will is finally able to push past his own trauma and truly begin to live his life again. Oh, and discover the truth about that cornbread
- Award
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- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2018.
- YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2019.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10659007
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McGhee, Alison
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Ages 14 up
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 9
- 12
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Grief
- Stores, Retail
- Fathers and sons
- Rape
- Suicide
- Single-parent families
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- Grief
- Stores (Retail)
- Fathers and sons
- Rape
- Suicide
- Single-parent families
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION
- Suicide
- Stores, Retail
- Single-parent families
- Rape
- Fathers and sons
- Grief
- Young adult fiction
- California
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- What I leave behind, Alison McGhee
- Note
- "A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn990803058
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 202 pages
- Isbn
- 9781481476560
- Lccn
- 2017001373
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)990803058
- Label
- What I leave behind, Alison McGhee
- Note
- "A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn990803058
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 202 pages
- Isbn
- 9781481476560
- Lccn
- 2017001373
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)990803058
Subject
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Social Themes | Friendship
- Single-parent families -- Fiction
- Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSixteen-year-old boys
- Stores (Retail) -- Fiction
- Stores, Retail
- Stores, Retail -- Juvenile fiction
- Suicide
- Suicide -- Fiction
- Suicide -- Juvenile fiction
- trueTeenagers and death
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Social Themes | Sexual Abuse
- trueYoung adult fiction
- Young adult fiction
- Young adult works
- trueBereavement in teenagers
- trueBest friends
- California -- Los Angeles
- trueFathers -- Suicide
- Fathers and sons
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Grief
- trueGrief
- Grief -- Fiction
- Grief -- Juvenile fiction
- trueGrief in teenage boys
- trueHelpfulness in teenage boys
- Juvenile works
- trueKindness
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Juvenile fiction
- trueLos Angeles, California
- Rape
- trueRape
- Rape -- Fiction
- Rape -- Juvenile fiction
- Single-parent families
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- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Books for Youth - Older Readers Category: 2018
- trueSkinny Books (Teens)
- trueYALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers: 2019
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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