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Neanderthal opens the door to the universe / Preston Norton.
Nearly a year after his brother's suicide, sixteen-year-old Cliff "Neanderthal" Hubbard gets recruited to make life better at Happy Valley High by the school's quarterback, who claims he had a vision from God.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781484790625 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 410 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Los Angeles : Hyperion, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
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| Subject: | High schools > Juvenile fiction. Schools > Juvenile fiction. Visions > Juvenile fiction. Grief > Juvenile fiction. Dysfunctional families > Juvenile fiction. Young adult fiction. |
| Genre: | Bildungsromans. Humorous fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Pemberton and District Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Pemberton and District Public Library | Y NOR (Text) | 31894000514181 | Young Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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Nearly a year after his brother's suicide, sixteen-year-old Cliff "Neanderthal" Hubbard gets recruited to make life better at Happy Valley High by the school's quarterback, who claims he had a vision from God. - Baker & Taylor
Approached by an injured quarterback for help fulfilling a sacred quest to fix everything that is wrong with their high school, an extra-tall misfit begins to feel like he is part of something for the first time since his older brother's suicide, before discovering that his new friend's list of goals hits close to his own home. 50,000 first printing. - Grand Central PubA 'funny and sweetly oddball' (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel about an odd-couple friendship formed by a mission to make their high school to suck less, for readers 'seeking doors to the universe" (Booklist, starred review) and a razor sharp, moving, and outrageously funny read.ÂCliff Hubbard is a huge loser. Literally. His nickname at Happy Valley High School is Neanderthal because he's so enormous'6'6' and 250 pounds to be exact. He has nobody at school, and life in his trailer-park home has gone from bad to worse ever since his older brother's suicide. And there's no one Cliff hates more than the nauseatingly cool quarterback Aaron Zimmerman, who after a near-death experience claims God gave him a list of things to do to make Happy Valley High suck less. And God said there's only one person who can help: Neanderthal.
To his own surprise, Cliff says he's in. As he and Aaron make their way through the List, which involves a vindictive English teacher, a mysterious computer hacker, a decidedly unchristian cult of Jesus Teens, the local drug dealers, and the meanest bully at HVHS, Cliff feels like he's part of something for the first time since losing his brother. But fixing a broken school isn't as simple as it seems, and just when Cliff thinks they've completed the List, he realizes their mission hits closer to home than he ever imagined. - Grand Central PubA âfunny and sweetly oddballâ (Publishers Weekly, starred review) novel about an odd-couple friendship formed by a mission to make their high school to suck less, for readers âseeking doors to the universe" (Booklist, starred review) and a razor sharp, moving, and outrageously funny read.ÂCliff Hubbard is a huge loser. Literally. His nickname at Happy Valley High School is Neanderthal because heâs so enormousâ6â6â and 250 pounds to be exact. He has nobody at school, and life in his trailer-park home has gone from bad to worse ever since his older brotherâs suicide. And thereâs no one Cliff hates more than the nauseatingly cool quarterback Aaron Zimmerman, who after a near-death experience claims God gave him a list of things to do to make Happy Valley High suck less. And God said thereâs only one person who can help: Neanderthal.
To his own surprise, Cliff says heâs in. As he and Aaron make their way through the List, which involves a vindictive English teacher, a mysterious computer hacker, a decidedly unchristian cult of Jesus Teens, the local drug dealers, and the meanest bully at HVHS, Cliff feels like heâs part of something for the first time since losing his brother. But fixing a broken school isnât as simple as it seems, and just when Cliff thinks theyâve completed the List, he realizes their mission hits closer to home than he ever imagined.Â
