Wilder
Title:
Wilder
Author:
Simonet, Andrew.
ISBN:
9780374309251
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018.
Physical Description:
312 p. ; 22 cm
Abstract:
The lives of Jason Wilder and Meili Wen intersect in the delinquent-proof room for in-school suspension, known as the Rubber Room, and Jason's growing, fierce protectiveness of Meili explodes into violence when her chance to return to her wealthy lifestyle in Hong Kong--and his opportunity to escape poverty, loneliness, and the past--is threatened.
Subject Term:
Subject:
| Juvenile delinquency -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Student suspension -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Chinese -- United States -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Violence -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Family problems -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Dating (Social customs) -- Juvenile fiction. |
| High schools -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Schools -- Juvenile fiction. |
Summary:
The lives of Jason Wilder and Meili Wen intersect in the delinquent-proof room for in-school suspension, known as the Rubber Room, and Jason's growing, fierce protectiveness of Meili explodes into violence when her chance to return to her wealthy lifestyle in Hong Kong--and his opportunity to escape poverty, loneliness, and the past--is threatened.