All The Broken Pieces - Hardcover

Burg, Ann E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0545080924 ISBN 13: 9780545080927

Publisher: Scholastic Press, 2009

Synopsis

A remarkable literary debut by a stunning new voice in children's fiction.

Two years after being airlifted out of war-torn Vietnam, Matt Pin is haunted: by bombs that fell like dead crows, by the family -- and the terrible secret -- he left behind. Now, inside a caring adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events force him to choose between silence and candor, blame and forgiveness, fear and freedom.

By turns harrowing, dreamlike, sad, and triumphant, this searing debut novel, written in lucid verse, reveals an unforgettable perspective on the lasting impact of war and the healing power of love.

About this title

About the Author:

Ann Burg's debut novel, IAll the Broken Pieces/I(2009), was named a Jefferson Cup award winner and an IRA Notable Book for a Global Society, among its many honors. Her follow-up, ISerafina's Promise/I (2013), was named an ALA Notable, Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner, and an NAACP Image Award finalist. Burg worked as an English teacher for 10 years before becoming a full-time writer. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her family. You can visit her online at annburg.com.

Review:

Booklist Editors' Choice

Winner ALA Best Book for Young Adults

New York Public Library's Children's Books - One Hundred Titles for Reading and Sharing

IRA Notable Book for a Global Society

Winner Jefferson Cup Award

e."..[a] stirring debut novel...will make readers want to rush to the end and then return to the beginning again to make connections between past, present, friends and enemies."--Booklist, starred review

e"The verse form carries highly charged emotions and heavy content with elegiac simplicity."--Kirkus, starred review

e"Using spare free verse, first-time novelist Burg beautifully evokes the emotions of a Vietnamese adoptee as he struggles to come to terms with his past."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

."..the story is a lovely, moving one."--School Library Journal

Jefferson Cup Award Winner
Booklist Editors' Choice
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
IRA Notable Book for a Global Society

*."..[a] stirring debut novel...will make readers want to rush to the end and then return to the beginning again to make connections between past, present, friends and enemies."--Booklist, starred review

*"The verse form carries highly charged emotions and heavy content with elegiac simplicity."--Kirkus, starred review

*"Using spare free verse, first-time novelist Burg beautifully evokes the emotions of a Vietnamese adoptee as he struggles to come to terms with his past."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

."..the story is a lovely, moving one."--School Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0545080924
• ISBN 13: 9780545080927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224