{"product_id":"necessary-noise-stories-about-our-families-as-they-really-are-9780060514372","title":"Necessary Noise: Stories about Our Families as They Really Are","description":"\u003cp\u003eA girl is terrified of her older sister's dual personality. A boy adjusts to his life with two mothers. A father visits his son on death row. These are stories of today's families as they really are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoted anthologist Michael Cart has asked celebrated young adult authors the question What does 'family' mean today? The ten resulting stories provide illuminating -- and surprising -- answers. Here family is defined by the connections between all kinds of people -- and the necessary noise they make.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Cart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harperteen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.82h x 5.88w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060514372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e68984 \/ Necessary Noise: Stories about Our Families as They Really Are\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/06\/2006 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2006 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCart, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Cart is a writer, a lecturer, a consultant, and a nationally recognized expert in YA literature. He is the former director of the Beverly Hills (California) Public Library and a past president of the Young Adult Library Services Association, and his column \"Carte Blanche\" appears monthly in \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is the author or editor of twenty books, including the gay coming-of-age novel \u003cem\u003eMy Father's Scar\u003c\/em\u003e, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; \u003cem\u003eFrom Romance to Realism: 50 Years of Growth and Change in Young Adult Literature\u003c\/em\u003e; and--with Christine A. Jenkins--\u003cem\u003eThe Heart Has Its Reasons\u003c\/em\u003e, a critical history of young adult literature with gay\/lesbian\/queer content. His many anthologies include \u003cem\u003eLove and Sex: Ten Stories of Truth\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNecessary Noise: Stories About Our Families as They Really Are\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHow Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2008, he became the first recipient of the YALSA\/Greenwood Publishing Group Service to Young Adults Achievement Award, and in 2000, he received the Grolier Foundation Award for his contribution to the stimulation and guidance of reading by young people. Mr. Cart lives in Columbus, Indiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harperteen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39921776722035,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":10.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d620a78f-c2e6-42ea-ab12-ff5d5a8db2af.jpg?v=1647351492","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/necessary-noise-stories-about-our-families-as-they-really-are-9780060514372","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}