The Beginning of Everything

Robyn Schneider''s The Beginning of Everything is a witty and heart-wrenching teen novel that will appeal to fans of books by John Green and Ned Vizzini, novels such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower , and classics like The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye . Varsity tennis captain Ezra Faulkner was supposed to be homecoming king, but that was before--before his girlfriend cheated on him, before a car accident shattered his leg, and before he fell in love with unpredictable new girl Cassidy Thorpe. As Kirkus said in a starred review, "Schneider takes familiar stereotypes and infuses them with plenty of depth. Here are teens who could easily trade barbs and double entendres with the characters that fill John Green''s novels." Funny, smart, and including everything from flash mobs to blanket forts to a poodle who just might be the reincarnation of Jay Gatsby, The Beginning of Everything is a refreshing contemporary twist on the classic coming-of-age novel--a heart-wrenching story about how difficult it is to play the part that people expect, and how new beginnings can stem from abrupt and tragic endings.

Product details

• Authors: Robyn Schneider
• Publisher: Tegen, Katherine
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.07.2014
• EAN: 9780062217141
• ISBN: 978-0-06-221714-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 205 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Sports & Recreation / Football, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Sporting stories, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Girls & Women *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Friendship *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Dating & Sex *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Romance / Contemporary *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Sports & Recreation / Football *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Coming of Age *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Sports & Recreation / Soccer *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Sports & Recreation / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Sports & Recreation / Extreme Sports *, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Disabilities, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Disability