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Better Than Running at Night
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Better Than Running at Night Paperback - 2002

by Frank, Hillary

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Just out of high school, Ellie looks forward to recreating herself and her art during a winter session at the New England College of Art and Design. Ellie finds the ideal opportunity in her first days as she begins dirty dancing with the Devil. Then she makes out with him. This is a story about independence, trust, and boys. Illustrations.

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  • Title Better Than Running at Night
  • Author Frank, Hillary
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition None
  • Condition New
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HMH Books for Young Readers, Boston
  • Date 2002-09-30
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ING9780618250738
  • ISBN 9780618250738 / 0618250735
  • Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.9 x 5 x 0.67 in (17.53 x 12.70 x 1.70 cm)
  • Ages 12 to UP years
  • Grade levels 7 - UP
  • Reading level 580
  • Themes
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects Sex, Interpersonal relations
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002000218
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

Having left behind the melodrama of her solitary high school days—and the beheaded martyrs in her paintings—Ellie arrives at the New England College of Art and Design. Looking forward to the opportunity to recreate herself and her art, she begins her first day by dirty dancing with the Devil. Then she makes out with him. Ellie soon learns a lot about herself in this story about independence, trust, and boys.

Media reviews

"With honesty, wit, and a wild first-person narrative, this first novel breaks boundaries in YA fiction with a story about college freshman Ellie Yelinsky and her search for art, love, sex, and meaning." --Booklist, starred Booklist, ALA, Starred Review

"Readers will enjoy the presentation of a strong female who puts finding herself and moving ahead with her talent ahead of maintaining a false pretense to her boyfriend or to the professor who is unwilling to acknowledge the dedication and improvement she has shown." SLJ School Library Journal

Citations

  • Booklist, 10/01/2002, Page 322
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/2003, Page 795
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 10/01/2002, Page 56
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2002, Page 94
  • Kliatt, 09/01/2002, Page 8
  • Publishers Weekly, 08/05/2002, Page 74
  • School Library Journal, 01/01/2003, Page 138
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 02/01/2003, Page 474

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