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By Swati Avasthi

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By Swati Avasthi

By Swati Avasthi
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By Swati Avasthi
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Paperback $9.99

Jan 24, 2012 | 288 Pages | Young Adult

Ebook $4.99

Mar 09, 2010 | 240 Pages | Young Adult

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Mar 09, 2010 | 497 Minutes | Young Adult

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    About Split

    A riveting portrait of life after abuse from an award-winning novelist.

    Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father’s fist), $3.84, and a secret.

    He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his changes can’t make him forget what he left behind—his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret.

    At least so far.

    Worst of all, Jace realizes that if he really wants to move forward, he may first have to do what scares him most: He may have to go back. Award-winning novelist Swati Avasthi has created a riveting and remarkably nuanced portrait of what happens after. After you’ve said enough, after you’ve run, after you’ve made the split—how do you begin to live again? Readers won’t be able to put this intense page-turner down.

    About Split

    A riveting portrait of life after abuse from an award-winning novelist.

    Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father’s fist), $3.84, and a secret.

    He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his changes can’t make him forget what he left behind—his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret.

    At least so far.

    Worst of all, Jace realizes that if he really wants to move forward, he may first have to do what scares him most: He may have to go back. Award-winning novelist Swati Avasthi has created a riveting and remarkably nuanced portrait of what happens after. After you’ve said enough, after you’ve run, after you’ve made the split—how do you begin to live again? Readers won’t be able to put this intense page-turner down.

    About Split

    A riveting portrait of life after abuse from an award-winning novelist.

    Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father’s fist), $3.84, and a secret.

    He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his changes can’t make him forget what he left behind—his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret.

    At least so far.

    Worst of all, Jace realizes that if he really wants to move forward, he may first have to do what scares him most: He may have to go back. Award-winning novelist Swati Avasthi has created a riveting and remarkably nuanced portrait of what happens after. After you’ve said enough, after you’ve run, after you’ve made the split—how do you begin to live again? Readers won’t be able to put this intense page-turner down.

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    About Swati Avasthi

    Swati Avasthi teaches creative writing and is working toward her MFA at the University of Minnesota, where she received a grant to complete Split. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and their two children.

    About Swati Avasthi

    Swati Avasthi teaches creative writing and is working toward her MFA at the University of Minnesota, where she received a grant to complete Split. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and their two children.

    About Swati Avasthi

    Swati Avasthi teaches creative writing and is working toward her MFA at the University of Minnesota, where she received a grant to complete Split. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband and their two children.

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Ember
    Jan 24, 2012 | 288 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780375863417

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Mar 09, 2010 | 240 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780375895265

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $19.00
    Published by Listening Library (Audio)
    Mar 09, 2010 | 497 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780307579959

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    Praise

    Review, Booklist, January 1, 2010
    “A nuanced and mournful work; Avasthi is a writer to watch.” 

    Review, Publishers Weekly, January 25, 2010:
    “…gripping and heartbreaking.” —Publishers Weekly
     
    Review, School Library Journal, March 2010:
     “…raw and intimate, dramatic and poetic.” —School Library Journal
     
    Review, Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 2010:
    “This taut, complex family drama depicts abuse unflinchingly but focuses on healing, growth and learning to take responsibility for one’s own anger. —Kirkus Reviews

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