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Straw house, Wood house, Brick house, Blow

✍ Scribed by Nayeri, Daniel;Weinberg, James

Publisher: Candlewick Press
Year: 2011
Tongue: en-US
Weight: 87 KB
Edition: 1st ed. ; [Reinforced trade ed.]
Category: Fiction
City: Somerville, Mass.
ISBN: 0763660353

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Written entirely on an iPhone, this quartet of YA novellas by Another Pan and Another Faust author Daniel Nayeri showcases four different genres.

This bold collection of novellas by Another series author Daniel Nayeri features four riveting tales. These modern riffs on classic genres will introduce young adult readers to a broad range of writing styles that explore universally compelling themes such as identity and belonging, betrayal and friendship, love and mortality.

Straw House: A Western sizzling with suspense, set in a land where a rancher grows soulless humans and a farmer grows living toys.

Wood House: This science-fiction tale plunges the reader into a future where reality and technology blend imperceptibly, and a teenage girl must race to save the world from a nano-revolution that a corporation calls "ReCreation Day."

Brick House: This detective story set in modern NYC features a squad of "wish police" and a team of unlikely...

✦ Subjects

Science fiction

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