Phoenix Rising
ISBN:
9780606080125 (0606080120)
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 182
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Science Fiction,
Academic,
Read For School,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Middle Grade,
Coming Of Age
This is my favorite Karen Hesse novel. I haven't read it in years, but certain phrases jumped out at me as I was rereading it. As with Hesse's other novels her descriptions are the best. There were a few times I wanted a little more details though, and I didn't quite feel the passing of time as the ...
A girl who has been emotionally scarred by her father's abandonment and her grandfather's death overcomes her reluctance and helps nurse a young man back to health who is suffering from radiation poisoning from an accident at a nuclear power plant.