{"product_id":"life-is-funny-e-r-frank-9780142300831","title":"Life Is Funny","description":"From the outside, they're simply a group of urban teenagers. But from the inside, they're some of the most complex people you'll ever meet. There's Eric, fiercely protective of his brother Mickey-but he has a secret that holds together his past and future. Sonia, struggling to live the life of a good Muslim girl in a foreign America. Gingerbread and Keisha, who fall in love despite themselves. \u003ci\u003eLife Is Funny\u003c\/i\u003e strips away the defenses of one group of teenagers living today, right now-and shows their unbearably real lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"First novelist Frank breaks new ground with a realistic, lyrical novel about eleven teens in Brooklyn now . . . Their talk is painful, rough, sexy, funny, fearful, furious, gentle. Each chapter, each vignette within a chapter, builds to its own climax, and the stories weave together to surprise you.\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An astounding first effort.\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, pointer review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. R. Frank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0142300837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780142300831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Puffin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.48w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e42964 \/ Life Is Funny\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Notes and Reprints\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/25\/2002 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2002 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/25\/2002","brand":"E. R. Frank","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913383772415,"sku":"9780142300831","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1be0bc8c-6bb7-4ecf-bc3d-e2b461231b64.jpg?v=1680618348","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-is-funny-e-r-frank-9780142300831","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}