The Year We Disappeared : A Father-Daughter Memoir - Softcover

Busby, Cylin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408802015 ISBN 13: 9781408802014

Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC, 2009

Synopsis

Book by 'CYLIN BUSBY, JOHN BUSBY'

About this title

About the Author:

CYLIN BUSBY is the author of several fiction and nonfiction books for young readers. She is the former senior editor of Teen magazine, and has written numerous magazine articles. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and young son. Visit her on the web at cylinbusby.com

Review:

"A remarkable book. ... Together, father and daughter weave a startling, heartbreaking tale." -"Barnstable"" Patriot"

"Cylin's detailed account of her childhood is real and, though certainly full of danger and fear, is also a testament to the strength of the power of kids' resiliency. Although the shooter and his family remained on the run and after John Busby, the Busby's drive to keep their family safe resonates with awe throughout the book. A fascinating true story for young readers 10 and up, "The Year We Disappeared" makes for a spellbinding reading." -Copley News Service"Where John's chapters provide the grim facts, it is Cylin's authentically childlike perspective that, in revealing the cost to her innocence, renders the tragic experience most searingly." --"Publishers Weekly," starred review

"This true-crime story manages to be suspenseful and reflective at the same time, and it will draw both leisure and reluctant readers." --VOYA

"[A] gripping story." VOYA, teen reviewer

"A page-turner." -SLJ

"No one with even a marginal interest in true crime writing should miss this page-turner, by turns shocking and almost unbearably sad." -"Publisher's Weekly" (starred review)

"A fascinating tale, making the costs of violence unequivocally clear. ...John's hard-won conclusion about vengeance--violence needn't be perpetuated because it would only damage his family more--holds a striking lesson for everyone, not just teens." -"Chicago"" Sun Times"""

"This riveting story will stay with readers, particularly its message that John's anger and desire for revenge were the hardest wounds to heal." - "Booklist"

"The book flows seamlessly back and forth from father's to daughter's perspective, each jump between narrators providing further explanation and insight and pulling readers deeper into the story." -- "VOYA" (Teen Reviewer)

"This true-crime story manages to be suspenseful and reflective at the same time, and it will draw both leisure and reluctant readers." - "VOYA"

"A page-turner... Ultimately, a story of survival and triumph." -"SLJ"

About this edition

• Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1408802015
• ISBN 13: 9781408802014
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 329