Bifocal

Ellis, Deborah; Walters, Eric

ISBN 10: 155455036X / ISBN 13: 9781554550364

Published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Markham, Ontario, Canada, 2007

About this Item

First printing, signed by one of the authors (Walters) on the half-title page. Light soil to outer edges, small corner creasing from a bump and light creasing from page handling. DJ has edge/rub wear and light creasing. Actual book for sale pictured. 15 x 21.1 x 2.5cm, wt600g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 024428

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bifocal
• Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Markham, Ontario, Canada
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155455036X
• ISBN 13: 9781554550364
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: VG
• Dust Jacket Condition: VG
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Youth

About this title

Synopsis

On the White Ravens' Outstanding New International Books for Children and Young Adults list, 2008

ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards Bronze Medal Winner (YA Fiction category), 2007

Snow Willow Award nominee, 2008

CCBC's Best Books for Kids and Teens, 2008

Two bestselling authors join forces to write a powerful novel about racism.

A student arrested on suspicions of terrorism. A high school torn apart by racism. Two boys from two different sets of circumstances forced to choose sides.

These are the issues at the heart of Bifocal, a ground-breaking new novel for young-adults.

The story is told from two different points of view. Haroon is a serious student devoted to his family. His grandparents emigrated from Afghanistan. Jay is a football star devoted to his team. He is white.

One day their high school is put on lockdown, and the police arrest a Muslim student on suspicion of terrorist affiliations. He might be guilty. Or is he singled out because of his race?

The entire student body fragments along racial lines and both Haroon and Jay find that their differences initially put them at odds. The Muslim students become targets and a smoke-bomb is set off near their lockers while Jay and his teammates believe they've been set-up to look like racists.

Bifocal is, by no stretch, an easy book. Award-winning authors Deborah Ellis and Eric Walters deliver a serious, hard-hitting book about racism that does not talk down to young people.

About the Authors

DEBORAH ELLIS is an anti-war and women's rights activist who works as a mental health counselor at Margaret Frazer House in Toronto. She has published a novel for children, Looking For X.

Eric Walters is one of Canadaas most successful writers and prolific writers for teenagers. His novel Shattered recently won the 2007 National Chapter of Canada IODE Violet Downey Award and the 2007 White Pine Award. A former teacher, Eric visits classrooms across the country and he has already spoken to more than 750,000 students.