A startling teenage novel about moral choices.
Jack Gantos was born in Norvelt, Pennsylvania, and has spent time
living in Barbados and South Florida. He has written books for
readers of all ages, including the acclaimed Joey Pigza Swallowed
the Key and its sequels, the teenage novel Desire Lines, and the
youthful memoire Hole in My Life.
His is also the writer of Dead End in Norvelt and From Norvelt to
Nowhere, a pair of semi-autobiographical novels about the
importance of history and reading, the first of which won the
prestigious Newbery Medal in 2012. He lives with his wife and
daughter in Boston, Massachusetts.
Desire Lines has both depth and meaning and explores the more
serious side of life in an accessible, interesting way
*Teen Titles*
A powerful and compelling book.
*Children's book News Ireland*
It is moving and memorable. . . Most of all, it is the analysis of
Walker's own self-doubt, anxiety and pain that makes this such a
raw if depressing novel
*TES*
A darker, older read, which encompasses good, evil, resistance to
temptation, homophobia and the collapse of civilisation . . .
written in a prose as assured as Scott Fitzgerald's
*Scotsman*
Reminiscent of Cormier
*Inis*
A well-crafted, thoughtful and enjoyable book
*The School Librarian*
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