Jerk, California Paperback - 2008
by Jonathan Friesen
Twitch, Jerk, Freak Sam Carrier has been calledthem all. Because of his Tourette's syndrome, Sam isin near constant motion with tics and twitches andverbal outbursts. So, of course, high school is nothingbut torment. Forget friends; forget even hopingthat beautiful, perfect Naomi will look his way. Andhome isn't much better with his domineering stepfatherreminding him that the only person who wasmore useless than Sam was his dead father, Jack.But then an unexpected turn of events unearths thetruth about his father. And suddenly Sam doesn'tknow who he is, or even where he'll go next. Whathe does know is that the only girl in the world whocan make him happy and nervous at the same timeis everywhere he turns . . . and he'd give anythingjust to be still.
Summary
This Schneider Family Book Award winner changed the face of Tourette's Syndrome for modern teens. Wrought with tension, romance, and hope, Jerk, California tells the story of Sam, who sets out on a cross-country quest to learn the truth about his family and his inherited Tourette's Syndrome, along the way finding both love and acceptance.
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- Title Jerk, California
- Author Jonathan Friesen
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Speak, Bergenfield, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2008-09-04
- ISBN 9780142412039 / 0142412031
- Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.25 x 5.5 x 0.99 in (20.96 x 13.97 x 2.51 cm)
- Ages 12 to UP years
- Grade levels 7 - UP
- Reading level 510
- Library of Congress subjects Identity, Fathers
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008007922
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
-Emotionally rewarding and effective.+ -VOYA
-Like any good road story, there are enough corners and bends to keep readers eagerly anticipating what lies ahead at the journey+s end.+ -Booklist
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