Face at the Edge of the World (Clarion fiction) (Paperback)

by Eve Bunting (Author) "I've heard older people say they will always remember where they were the day they heard John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated..." (more)
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Product Details Reading level: Young Adult Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Sandpiper (September 19, 1988) Language: English ISBN-10: 0899198007 ISBN-13: 978-0899198002 Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,554,277 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in these categories: (What's this?) #59 in  Books > Teens > Authors, A-Z > ( B ) > Bunting, Eve #94 in  Books > Teens > Social Issues > Suicide > Fiction

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Product Details

• Reading level: Young Adult
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Sandpiper (September 19, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899198007
• ISBN-13: 978-0899198002
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,554,277 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

  Popular in these categories: (What's this?)

  #59 in	Books > Teens > Authors, A-Z > ( B ) > Bunting, Eve
  #94 in	Books > Teens > Social Issues > Suicide > Fiction

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars PEACE OR PIECES OF THE TRUTH AT THE PRECIPICE, August 10, 1998

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This story about teenage suicide is narrated in the first person, thus intensifying the emotions, by 17-year-old Jed Lennox, who is devastated by the senselss hanging of his best friend. These coastside California kids have more on their minds than surfing and hang-gliding. Much action and self-scrutiny is crammed into about a week, so the unity of time also incrases literary tension.

Suicide is a depressing topic, but this book reads swiftly and seems almost a mystery. WHY did Jeff's best friend, Charlie--a gifted writer with great promise--ruthlessly take his own life? Various theories emerge as the high school senior is suddenly thrust into the role of detective, coping with adult problems without parental or police guidance. The trail of emotional discovery snakes its way through a maze of intrigue and deception, guilt and despair. Jed encounters a secret girlfriend, a gang of dopers, grief-stircken parents, a private code called Gemini Man and young teens delu! ged by the voracious media.

Jed is torn between loyalty to his friend's memory and the gnawing suspicion that he may have been holding out, that Charlie was involved in something shabby, even immoral and illegal. But Jed is supposed to know him better than anyone, so of course he knew all about his friend's private life. Then how could something like this happen? Did Jed fail his buddy somehow, by not recognizing the pre-Suicide signs?

All he can do now is grimly follow up the post Suicide clues, which have him searching for the 2nd half of Charlie's last message, plus "interviewing" the people whose lives have intersected Charlie's. He learns a lot about himself in this uncomfortable new role, as he tries to cope with grief, rage and his own fears. Fortunately he gets emotional stability from his faithful girlfriend. Jed recognizes the value of friendship and trust, and appreicates the kindness of neighborly adults, as he staggers through this web of ho! rror during his father's absence.

But he honors his fri! end's memory (and figures out the anguished WHY of Charlie's distraught parents) by his relentless pursuit of the Truth, so that The Hawk may go free. Will Jed prove true to his friend's last wish, despite the personal and social cost? How much should one get involved in another person's dark secret, or sacrifice to retain one's personal sense of Justice? Jed is the only one who can free the kids attending his school dubbed Suicide High. A fascinating and poignant read.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book, May 22, 2000

By A Customer

When Jed finds out about his best friend Charlie's sucside he is torn up. As soon as he finds out about it he tries to look and see why Charlie did it. He goe's around the whole school and town searching for an answer. When Charlie's sister gives Jed a note it makes it alot easier to find out why he did it. To find out why Charlie did it read this book. I rate it a 10 and suggest that you go and buy a copy as soon as you can!

4.0 out of 5 stars A real page turner, a cliff-hanger on every page!, November 22, 1998

By A Customer

A very well written story based on teen suicide. I started reading just to finish a repirt, but I felt like I couldn't stop reading. The ending however isn't as strong as you'd excpect it to be. However, read the book for yourself and find out!