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008 971008s1998 nyu 000 1 eng
010 _a 97036432
020 _a9781444754353 [paperback]
040 _aDLC
_cDLC
_dDLC
_dOCoLC
100 1 _aPicoult, Jodi,
_d1966-
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe pact /
_cJodi Picoult.
260 _aNew York :
_bW. Morrow & Co.,
_cc2017.
300 _a480 pages :
_billustration (black and white) ;
_c25 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
520 _a"The Pact: A Love Story (1998) by Jodi Picoult tells the story of teens Emily Gold and Chris Harte who enter into a pact to die by suicide. Emily’s death has taken place by the novel’s opening, but Chris is swiftly charged with her murder. As the novel unfolds, the complicated dynamics of the lives of the teens—lifelong best friends who grew up next door to one another—are presented. The nature of the “pact” that Chris entered is slowly revealed as the narrative challenges what it means to keep a promise. Picoult, author of 28 novels and two young-adult books, is acclaimed for her layered plots ranging from everyday tensions—such as in parenthood and family dynamics—to the extraordinary, such as a protagonist who finds himself at the center of a modern-day witch hunt in Salem Falls (2001) or a child conceived to be a bone-marrow donor for a cancer-stricken sibling in My Sister’s Keeper (2004). Picoult’s novels tend to tackle contemporary issues, including school shootings, child abuse, and assisted suicide. In many of Picoult’s plots, conflicting viewpoints are hashed out on legal grounds. Picoult is the recipient of numerous awards, including a New England Bookseller Award for fiction, the New Hampshire Literary Award for Outstanding Literary Merit, and a Hale Award." --Provided by the publisher
521 _aAdult
541 _xMindajao, Lynie
_yCollege of Teacher Education
_zGeneral Interest: Fiction
546 _aText in English
650 0 _aTeenagers
_xDeath
_xFiction.
655 7 _aPsychological fiction.
_2lcsh
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998 _cRoel [new]
_d08/10/2024
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