Author: | Adam Rapp | ISBN: | 9781429995948 |
Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Publication: | April 13, 2010 |
Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Language: | English |
Author: | Adam Rapp |
ISBN: | 9781429995948 |
Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication: | April 13, 2010 |
Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Language: | English |
In small-town America, a young adult novel about teen pregnancy is banned by the local school board, igniting a fierce and violent debate over abortion, religious beliefs, and modern feminism. Its directionless New York City author arrives in town to defend the book and finds that it has inspired a group of local teens to rebel in strange and unexpected ways. A timely and unforgettable drama about the failure of urban and heartland America to understand each other, The Metal Children explores what happens when fiction becomes a matter of life and death.
In small-town America, a young adult novel about teen pregnancy is banned by the local school board, igniting a fierce and violent debate over abortion, religious beliefs, and modern feminism. Its directionless New York City author arrives in town to defend the book and finds that it has inspired a group of local teens to rebel in strange and unexpected ways. A timely and unforgettable drama about the failure of urban and heartland America to understand each other, The Metal Children explores what happens when fiction becomes a matter of life and death.