The Resource Air, Ryan Gattis
Air, Ryan Gattis
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The item Air, Ryan Gattis 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 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Air, Ryan Gattis 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 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- After 17-year-old Grey witnesses the tragic death of his mother in Colorado, he is shipped off to live with his aunt in inner-city Baltimore, where he struggles to fit in to a new school and community. His new friend Akil introduces him to the enigmatic Kurtis, the leader of a group that uses high-octane sports as a form of social activism. By challenging the police with death-defying stunts and posting videos of them online, Kurtis, Grey, and their group become unlikely heroes in the fight against the prejudice that surrounds them
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780986448423
- Label
- Air
- Title
- Air
- Statement of responsibility
- Ryan Gattis
- Subject
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- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Extreme Sports
- Mothers -- Death
- trueMultiracial teenage boys
- trueMurder
- trueProtests, demonstrations, vigils, etc
- trueRacism
- trueSeventeen-year-old boys
- trueSocial media
- Social movements -- Fiction
- Stunt cycling -- Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- trueYoung adult fiction
- Young adult works
- trueAunts
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Fiction
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBaltimore, Maryland
- trueBicyclists
- trueDeath of mothers
- Extreme sports
- trueExtreme sports
- Extreme sports -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- trueGrief in teenagers
- Inner cities
- Inner cities -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Maryland -- Baltimore
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- After 17-year-old Grey witnesses the tragic death of his mother in Colorado, he is shipped off to live with his aunt in inner-city Baltimore, where he struggles to fit in to a new school and community. His new friend Akil introduces him to the enigmatic Kurtis, the leader of a group that uses high-octane sports as a form of social activism. By challenging the police with death-defying stunts and posting videos of them online, Kurtis, Grey, and their group become unlikely heroes in the fight against the prejudice that surrounds them
- Award
- YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 2017.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10540872
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gattis, Ryan
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- HL770L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- UG
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 9
- 12
- Reading level
- 4.9
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Extreme sports
- Inner cities
- Stunt cycling
- Social movements
- Extreme sports
- Inner cities
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Extreme Sports
- Baltimore (Md.)
- Baltimore (Md.)
- Maryland
- Target audience
- adolescent
- Label
- Air, Ryan Gattis
- 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
- 1824148
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780986448423
- Lccn
- 2015954023
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780986448423
- (OCoLC)903764196
- Label
- Air, Ryan Gattis
- 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
- 1824148
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780986448423
- Lccn
- 2015954023
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780986448423
- (OCoLC)903764196
Subject
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Extreme Sports
- Mothers -- Death
- trueMultiracial teenage boys
- trueMurder
- trueProtests, demonstrations, vigils, etc
- trueRacism
- trueSeventeen-year-old boys
- trueSocial media
- Social movements -- Fiction
- Stunt cycling -- Fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
- trueYoung adult fiction
- Young adult works
- trueAunts
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Fiction
- Baltimore (Md.) -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBaltimore, Maryland
- trueBicyclists
- trueDeath of mothers
- Extreme sports
- trueExtreme sports
- Extreme sports -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- trueGrief in teenagers
- Inner cities
- Inner cities -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Maryland -- Baltimore
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