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Jerk, California

Jonathan Friesen - Author

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ISBN 9781440651205 | 352 pages | 04 Sep 2008 | Speak | 8.26 x 5.23in | 12 - AND UP years
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Awards
  • The Schneider Family Book Award
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This Schneider Family Book Award winner changed the face of Tourette's Syndrome for modern teens. Wrought with tension, romance, and hope, Jerk, California tells the story of Sam, who sets out on a cross-country quest to learn the truth about his family and his inherited Tourette's Syndrome, along the way finding both love and acceptance.

"Compelling." - School Library Journal

"Emotionally rewarding and effective." - VOYA

"Like any good road story, there are enough corners and bends to keep readers eagerly anticipating what lies ahead at the journey's end." - Booklist


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