Love Is the Higher Law

Love Is the Higher Law

Bestselling author David Levithan (Every Day; Boy Meets Boy; Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) treats the tragic events of September 11th with care and compassion in this novel of loss and grief, but also of hope and redemption.
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First there is a Before, and then there is an After. . . .

The lives of three teensâ€”Claire, Jasper, and Peterâ€”are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother in his classroom. Jasper, a college sophomore from Brooklyn, wakes to his parentsâ€™ frantic calls from Korea, wondering if heâ€™s okay. Peter, a classmate of Claireâ€™s, has to make his way back to school as everything happens around him.

Here are three teens whose intertwining lives are reshaped by this catastrophic event. As each gets to know the other, their moments become wound around each otherâ€™s in a way that leads to new understandings, new friendships, and new levels of awareness for the world around them and the people close by.

David Levithan has written a novel of loss and grief, but also one of hope and redemption aAs histhe characters slowly learn to move forward in their lives, despite being changed forever, one rule remains: love is indeed the higher law.
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A MARGARET A. EDWARDS AWARD WINNER
Country USA
Brand Knopf
Manufacturer Knopf Books for Young Readers
Binding Paperback
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2010-08-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375834691

Country	USA
Brand	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf Books for Young Readers
Binding	Paperback
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2010-08-10
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375834691

Love Is the Higher Law

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