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AuthorNeal Shusterman
Original titleThe Dark Side of Nowhere
Working titleThe Dark Side of Nowhere
LanguageEnglish
Published1997
Media typePrint
ISBN0316789070 9780316789073 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: length

The Dark Side of Nowhere is a children's book written by Neal Shusterman and published by Little Brown and Company in 1997. This 256 page science fiction book is for readers aged 12 and up and is about a boy who is tired of being normal, living in a normal town and how all of that changes quite suddenly.

Plot

The boy in the book -- Jason Miller -- is having a bad day. It's not that he doesn't feel like himself, he actually ISN'T himself. Everything has changed. His friend Ethan dies. Jason really isn't himself all of a sudden. So he starts wondering who he is (he just doesn't know). And to make matters worse, it's not just him; it seems that EVERYONE in the town is acting weird including his friends and family. So much for boring old Billington. As we wade through the pages of this book we learn that Jason is going to find out a lot of new things about Billington.[1]

Awards and Honors

  • 2000/2001: Utah Children's Book Award List
  • 2000/2001: Illinois Rebecca Caudill Award List
  • 2000/200l: Indiana Young Hoosier Award list
  • 2000/2001: Nebraska Golden Sower Award list
  • 1999/2000: Texas Lone Star Award List
  • 1999/2000: South Carolina Young-Adult Book Award List
  • 1999/2000: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award List
  • 1999/2000: California Young Reader Medal -- nomination
  • 1998/1999: Maine Student Book Award List
  • 1999: Hal Clements Science Fiction Golden Duck Award (Young-Adult "Hugo")
  • 1999: Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People "Outstanding Book of the Year"
  • 1998: American Library Association YALSA "Best Book for Young Adults"
  • 1998: American Library Association YALSA "Quick Pick" - TOP TEN LIST[2]

Other books by this author

  • Unwind
  • UnWholly
  • Everlost
  • Bruiser
  • Everwild
  • UnSouled
  • Everfound
  • The Schwa Was Here
  • Full Tilt
  • Downsiders
  • UnStrung
  • ''Antsy Does Time
  • Dread Locks
  • The Shadow Club
  • Red Rider's Hood
  • Duckling Ugly
  • The Eyes of Kid Midas
  • Scorpion Shards
  • The Shadow Club Rising
  • Darkness Creeping: Twenty Twisted Tales
  • Tesla's Attic
  • Thief of Souls
  • Speeding Bullet
  • Shattered Sky
  • What Daddy Did
  • Ship Out of Luck
  • Unwind Unboxed

References

  1. ^ "The Dark Side of Nowhere". Simon and Schuster. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Neal Shusterman: The Dark Side of Nowhere". Lido Deck Productions. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
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