Downers Grove (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802137937)

Downers Grove is the haunting and tender story of Chrissie Swanson, a paranoid high school senior for whom graduating has become a matter of life or death. She's an unusual girl in an ordinary town. Her mother's sex life is overshadowing her own; her brother is aboard his own private Enterprise, slipping into one black hole after another; her best friend is hornier than a Prince song; leaving her eccentric grandmother as the only source of wisdom in a rapid downward spiral. As Chrissie tries to take control of the events that shape her life, she finds the events beginning to take control of her, until she is finally cornered by choices with everlasting consequences. Full of humor, wit, and the sacrilegious worldview of a savvy teenager, Downers Grove paints a searing portrait of the American dream in all its broken glory.

Author: Michael Hornburg
ISBN-10: 0802137938
ISBN-13: 9780802137937
Publisher: Grove Press
Language: English
Published: 03/06/2001
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.56w x 0.64d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.8
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 35283 / Downers Grove