{"product_id":"mercury-under-my-tongue-sylvain-trudel-9781933368962","title":"Mercury Under My Tongue","description":"Frederick Langlois could be that geeky 17-year-old found in every high school -- the one who closely clutches his poem-filled notebook, who feels a bit too deeply, who's just a little too old for his years. But Frederick isn't in high school. He's in a hospital ward with other critically ill adolescents, dying of bone cancer. \u003ci\u003eMercury Under the Tongue\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles his short stay there, from his distant but friendly relationship with his therapist through comic moments in the ward and his emergent friendships with other teenage patients. Some survive, others are lost, and at the end, Frederick must make a final reckoning with himself and his family, one that is at once dispassionate and deeply felt. Avoiding both misty stoicism and made-for-TV bathos, the book exposes the fallible body as the humanizing factor that grounds spirited adolescent talk, creating a believable, likable protagonist while weaving a compelling, lyrical story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sylvain Trudel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933368969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933368962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.46w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/19\/2007 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2008 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2008 pg. 534 - Reviewed - How Did It Get Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2008 pg. 233\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2008 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2008 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/03\/2008 pg. 19","brand":"Sylvain Trudel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079921791231,"sku":"9781933368962","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3800556-69e3-4059-9e18-d1d138899dc6.jpg?v=1685483927","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mercury-under-my-tongue-sylvain-trudel-9781933368962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}