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Dead Wednesday  Cover Image Book Book

Dead Wednesday / Jerry Spinelli.

Spinelli, Jerry. (Author).

Summary:

When the school assigns each eighth-grader the name of a teenager who died in the past year as a lesson in mortality, Worm Tarnauer, who thrives on being invisible, doesn't count on Becca Finch, the seventeen-year-old car crash victim who changes everything.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0593306678
  • ISBN: 9780593306673
  • Physical Description: 229 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 23.99
Subject: Teenagers > Juvenile fiction.
Death > Juvenile fiction.
Mortality > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Pennsylvania > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Ghost stories.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lakeshore Branch J FIC Spine 31681020161576 JFIC Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    When the school assigns each eighth-grader the name of a teenager who died in the past year as a lesson in mortality, Worm Tarnauer, who thrives on being invisible, doesn’t count on Becca Finch, the 17-year-old car crash victim who changes everything. Simultaneous eBook.
  • Random House, Inc.
    Can playing dead bring you back to life? Maybe on Dead Wednesday… On this day the worlds of a shy boy and a gone girl collide, and the connection they make will change them both forever. A brilliant new novel from the Newbery Medal winner and author of the New York Times bestseller Stargirl.
     
    "Jerry Spinelli has created another middle grade masterpiece."
    —BookPage, starred review
     
    On Dead Wednesday, every eighth grader in Amber Springs is assigned the name and identity of a teenager who died a preventable death in the past year. The kids don black shirts and for the whole day everyone in town pretends they're invisible—as if they weren't even there. The adults think it will make them contemplate their mortality. The kids know it's a free pass to get away with anything.
     
    Worm Tarnauer feels invisible every day. He's perfectly happy being the unnoticed sidekick of his friend Eddie. So he's not expecting Dead Wednesday to feel that different. But he didn't count on being assigned Becca Finch (17, car crash). And he certainly didn't count on Becca showing up to boss him around! Letting this girl into his head is about to change everything.
     
    This is the story of the unexpected, heartbreaking, hilarious, truly epic day when Worm Tarnauer discovers his own life.

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