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Coming From Nowhere - Couverture souple

Keck, Timothy

 
9780595260003: Coming From Nowhere
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595260004 ISBN 13 : 9780595260003
Editeur : iUniverse, 2002

Synopsis

1983. In the year before Orwell's chilling totalitarian prophecy, the only thing darkening the normally sunny skies of Southern California is a relatively unknown weather phenomenon called "El Niño". With the coming of the 1984 Summer Games to Los Angeles, it seems everyone has caught Olympic Fever. Everyone, except Tyler West.Aroused by memories of happier times when his family was intact, Ty searches for a way to make his mark upon the world. Propelled into a difficult quest by a dismissive P.E. teacher, Ty struggles to push himself to his physical limits. In an attempt to reconcile his father's absence, Ty finds himself locked in pitched battle with a supremely talented rival; the questionable agenda of a peer-pressuring best friend; and worst of all, his sister's near addiction to "Little House on the Prairie". So catch a New Wave and take a radical trip back to the Awesome 80's-an era when Duran Duran and the Go-Go's ruled the airwaves and kids spent their afternoons gobbling blue ghosts by the dozens. Coming From Nowhere is an exciting, coming-of-age adventure about the lofty rewards of hard work and the mercurial nature of success.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

1983. In the year before Orwell's chilling totalitarian prophecy, the only thing darkening the normally sunny skies of Southern California is a relatively unknown weather phenomenon called "El Niño". With the coming of the 1984 Summer Games to Los Angeles, it seems everyone has caught Olympic Fever. Everyone, except Tyler West.Aroused by memories of happier times when his family was intact, Ty searches for a way to make his mark upon the world. Propelled into a difficult quest by a dismissive P.E. teacher, Ty struggles to push himself to his physical limits. In an attempt to reconcile his father's absence, Ty finds himself locked in pitched battle with a supremely talented rival; the questionable agenda of a peer-pressuring best friend; and worst of all, his sister's near addiction to "Little House on the Prairie". So catch a New Wave and take a radical trip back to the Awesome 80's-an era when Duran Duran and the Go-Go's ruled the airwaves and kids spent their afternoons gobbling blue ghosts by the dozens. Coming From Nowhere is an exciting, coming-of-age adventure about the lofty rewards of hard work and the mercurial nature of success.

Biographie de l'auteur

Timothy James lives in Southern California with his wife, Sandy, and their two cats, Simba and Sid Vicious. The author hopes you find the book to be exciting, expressive, and above all, authentic.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595260004
ISBN 13 
9780595260003
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
162
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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