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Gospel According to Larry by Janet Tashjian (2001, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHolt & Company, Henry

ISBN-100805063781

ISBN-139780805063783

eBay Product ID (ePID)1619684

Product Key Features

Book TitleGospel According to Larry

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

TopicComputers & Digital Media, General, Science & Technology

IllustratorYes

FeaturesRevised

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorJanet Tashjian

Book SeriesThe Larry Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight13.7 Oz

Item Length8.6 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

LCCN2001-024568

ReviewsAn ALA "Best Books for Young Adults" ABooklist"Editor's Choice" Book Sense Children's 76 Winter 2002 Preview title ATeen People"Now! Reads" title "[A] thrilling read, fast-paced with much fast food for thought about our consumer-oriented pop culture. . . .Teenagers will eat this one up." --Kirkus Reviews, starred "Tashjian's gift for portraying bright adolescents with insight and humor reaches near perfection here." --School Library Journal, starred "Tashjian fabricates a cleverly constructed scenario and expertly carries it out to the bittersweet end." --The Horn Book, starred "[V]ery fresh." --Booklist, starred "[A] clever wake-up call to the perils of consumerism for the sensitive and passionate teenage generation." --Christian Science Monitor "An innovative, fast-paced, arresting novel in a teen's voice that you won't forget." --Contra Costa Times "I'll predict that 99 percent of the teen-agers who read 'The Gospel According to Larry' will love it." --Long Beach Press Telegram "A surprising and absorbing book." --Cleveland Plain Dealer "Tashjian skillfully uses humor and provides one of the most honest voices in young adult literature since Steve York and Rob Thomas's." --Voice of Youth Advocates "Humorous. . . .The author gets all the notes just right --the wired adolescent passions, the destructive effects of the media spotlight, and the technology." --Times Picayune s20"Tashjian is sure to increase in popularity with the adolescent set." --Book Report "This is a great, well-written read." --Colorado Independent, An ALA "Best Books for Young Adults" A Booklist "Editor's Choice" Book Sense Children's 76 Winter 2002 Preview title A Teen People "Now! Reads" title "[A] thrilling read, fast-paced with much fast food for thought about our consumer-oriented pop culture. . . .Teenagers will eat this one up." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred "Tashjian's gift for portraying bright adolescents with insight and humor reaches near perfection here." -- School Library Journal , starred "Tashjian fabricates a cleverly constructed scenario and expertly carries it out to the bittersweet end." -- The Horn Book , starred "[V]ery fresh." -- Booklist , starred "[A] clever wake-up call to the perils of consumerism for the sensitive and passionate teenage generation." -- Christian Science Monitor "An innovative, fast-paced, arresting novel in a teen's voice that you won't forget." -- Contra Costa Times "I'll predict that 99 percent of the teen-agers who read 'The Gospel According to Larry' will love it." -- Long Beach Press Telegram "A surprising and absorbing book." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer "Tashjian skillfully uses humor and provides one of the most honest voices in young adult literature since Steve York and Rob Thomas's." -- Voice of Youth Advocates "Humorous. . . .The author gets all the notes just right --the wired adolescent passions, the destructive effects of the media spotlight, and the technology." -- Times Picayune s20"Tashjian is sure to increase in popularity with the adolescent set." -- Book Report "This is a great, well-written read." -- Colorado Independent

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromSeventh Grade

Dewey Decimal813.2

Grade ToUP

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisAfter creating a controversial and hugely popular website, teenager Josh Swensen becomes trapped inside his brilliant creation and must find a way to remain anonymous. I am lying on my bed doing my homework in Greek and Latin roots for Advanced English. 'Ped' for foot, 'homo' for man, 'nym' for name. I sit with the dictionary in front of me, coming up with as many words as I can to complete the assignment. Pedestrian, homicide, pseudonym . . . I have more than thirty of them. By accident -- that's always how these life-changing things happen -- I connect two halves that don't seem like a word until I look it up. 'Pseudo', false; and 'cide, ' to kill = pseudocide. To pretend to kill (yourself). I stare at the word for a good long time. Homicide, suicide, genocide: these are words you can find in the newspaper every day. But pseudocide . . . now here was something different. My mind wanders from my homework to the blue cotton threads of my bedspread. Pseudocide. A way to start again as someone completely new, a way to burn the old self and try on a new one. Josh Swensen isn't your average teenager - when he observes America, he sees a powerhouse of consumerism and waste. He'seven tried to do something about it, with his start-up controversial website. But when Josh rises to messiah status of the internet world, he discovers that greed and superficiality are not easily escaped. Trapped inside his own creation, Josh feels his only way out is to stage his death and be free of his internet alter-ego, Larry. But this plan comes with danger, and soon Josh finds himself cut off from the world, with no one to turn to for help. In this suspenseful young adult novel, Janet Tashjian has written a probing tour-de-force.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.T211135Go 2001