Going Bovine
By Libba Bray
(Ember, Paperback, 9780385733984, 496pp.)
Publication Date: September 28, 2010
Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover, Library Binding, Hardcover, Compact Disc
Categories: Boys / Men, Social Issues - Adolescence, Social Issues - Emotions & Feelings
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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Autumn 2009 Kids' Indie Next ListCan Cameron find what he’s looking for?
All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given some bad news: he’s sick and he’s going to die. Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure—if he’s willing to go in search of it. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America into the heart of what matters most.
Libba Bray is the author of the New York Times bestselling Gemma Doyle Trilogy. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at www.libbabray.com.
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Starred Review, Booklist, August 1, 2009:
"An unforgettable, nearly indefinable fantasy adventure."
Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, August 3, 2009:
"Bray's surreal humor may surprise fans."
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