Han Nolan wordt geprezen om haar suggestieve taalgebruik en haar vermogen om in de psyche van haar personages te duiken. Ze behandelt vaak rauwe onderwerpen en verkent de complexiteit van de menselijke ervaring met een onderscheidende stem. Haar inzichtelijke verkenningen van het innerlijke leven van haar personages maken haar tot een boeiende verteller.
National Book Award-winning author Han Nolan portrays a tough and defiant pregnant teen who discovers her strength and compassionand courageous plan for her futurewhile working at a camp for overweight children.
Hilary hates Jews. As part of a neo-Nazi gang in her town, she's finally found a sense of belonging. But when she's critically injured in an accident, everything changes. Somehow, in her mind, she has become Chana, a Jewish girl fighting for her own life in the ghettos and concentration camps of World War II. Han Nolan offers powerful insight into one young woman's survival through the Holocaust and another's journey out of hatred and self-loathing. Reader's guide and an interview with the author included. schovat popis
High school senior Scottie O'Doul searches for the truth behind the deadly car crash that claimed the lives of her twin sister and the high school football coach.