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The Cloud Chamber Paperback - 2006 - 1st Edition
by Joyce Maynard
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From the acclaimed author of "The Usual Rules" comes this heartbreaking yet uplifting portrait of a 14-year-old Montana boy. As his family falls apart, only the promise of winning his school's science fair holds any hope of happiness for him.
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When Nate Chance arrives home from school, he sees two police cars and an ambulance in his yard. Before his mother can get him and his little sister, Junie, inside, Nate and Junie witness their father, blood pouring down his face, being led by two police officers into an ambulance. He has tried to kill himself.
Home quickly becomes a different place. Junie stays curled up in front of the TV; Nate's mom retreats inside herself; and the rumor of mental illness makes Nate a social pariah at school. Only the promise of winning the science fair holds any hope of happiness for Nate. He's building a cloud chamber, the project that he and his dad dreamed of working on together. Maybe if he can build it, Nate can give his father something that will help him feel better and finally come home.
Home quickly becomes a different place. Junie stays curled up in front of the TV; Nate's mom retreats inside herself; and the rumor of mental illness makes Nate a social pariah at school. Only the promise of winning the science fair holds any hope of happiness for Nate. He's building a cloud chamber, the project that he and his dad dreamed of working on together. Maybe if he can build it, Nate can give his father something that will help him feel better and finally come home.
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- Title The Cloud Chamber
- Author Joyce Maynard
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Publication date 2006-10-01
- Features Price on Product - Canadian
- ISBN 9781416926993 / 1416926992
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.28 x 5.52 x 0.81 in (21.03 x 14.02 x 2.06 cm)
- Age range 13 to 17 years
- Grade levels 8 - 12
- Reading level 860
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Pacific Northwest
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: Montana
- Topical: Family
- Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects Family problems, Schools
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004018607
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Kliatt, 11/01/2006, Page 21
- School Library Journal, 09/01/2007, Page 59
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