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Description
A funny, uplifting novel about a boy's journey through New York in the aftermath of September 11th from one of today's most celebrated writers.Nine-year-old Oskar Schell embarks on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts of an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing journey. With humor, tenderness, and awe, Jonathan Safran Foer confronts the traumas of our country's difficult history.
Publication date
April 01, 2006
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780618711659
Lexile Measure
800
Publisher
Mariner Books Classics
BISAC categories
FIC019000 - Fiction | Literary FIC002000 - Fiction | Action & Adventure FIC044000 - Fiction | Women FIC045000 - Fiction | Family Life | General FIC004000 - Fiction | Classics FIC021000 - Fiction | Media Tie-In
Library of Congress categories
New York (N.Y.) Bildungsromans September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001