Mathilda Savitch (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312430030)

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WINNER OF THE PEN USA AWARD FOR FICTION

Fear doesn't come naturally to Mathilda Savitch. She prefers to look right at the things nobody else can bear to mention: for example, the fact that her beloved older sister is dead, pushed in front of a train by a man still on the loose. Her grief-stricken parents have basically been sleepwalking ever since, and it is Mathilda's sworn mission to shock them back to life. Her strategy? Being bad.

Mathilda decides she's going to figure out what lies behind the catastrophe. She starts sleuthing through her sister's most secret possessions--e-mails, clothes, notebooks, whatever her determination and craftiness can ferret out. But she must risk a great deal--in fact, she has to leave behind everything she loves--in order to discover the truth.

Startling, funny, touching, odd, truthful, page-turning, and, in the end, heartbreaking, Mathilda Savitch is an extraordinary debut.

Author: Victor Lodato
ISBN-10: 0312430035
ISBN-13: 9780312430030
Publisher: Picador USA
Language: English
Published: 03/05/2010
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4
Point Value: 10
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 133082 / Mathilda Savitch


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 03/28/2010 pg. 19