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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Turtleback Books
Publication date
February 1, 2005
Binding
Prebinding
Book category
Juvenile Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781417669325
ISBN-10
1417669322
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$17.20
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
While acting in her own one-woman play about an L.A. traffic jam, Del's comedy is actually a reflection of her own life, when she fled Los Angeles eight years earlier, and her struggle for identity and community.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Del's lived in Los Angeles for seventeen years, bouncing among foster homes. Smart, sharp-tongued, and a master mimic, she's fed up with her world and with being Del. So she's changing her name and leaving both herself and L.A. behind -- until her escape lands her in an all-day traffic jam.
Fast-forward eight years. It's opening night for the one-woman show Del has written and is starring in -- a show called Breakout about a Los Angeles traffic jam.
As the novel flashes between Del's present and future, we get a backstage pass into this young playwright's psyche, watching her life being transformed into art, heartache into comedy, solitude into connection. And, finally, anger giving way to acceptance.
Fast-forward eight years. It's opening night for the one-woman show Del has written and is starring in -- a show called Breakout about a Los Angeles traffic jam.
As the novel flashes between Del's present and future, we get a backstage pass into this young playwright's psyche, watching her life being transformed into art, heartache into comedy, solitude into connection. And, finally, anger giving way to acceptance.
Editions
Hardcover
from Cricket Books (August 1, 2003)
9780812626964 | details & prices | 160 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.60 lbs | List price $15.95
About: A young woman presents a play based on her life as a seventeen-year-old runaway whose escape from her foster home in Los Angeles is thwarted by an all-day traffic jam, an event which provides time for her to explore her free-floating identity, hunger forher unknown mother, and yearning for human connection.
About: A young woman presents a play based on her life as a seventeen-year-old runaway whose escape from her foster home in Los Angeles is thwarted by an all-day traffic jam, an event which provides time for her to explore her free-floating identity, hunger forher unknown mother, and yearning for human connection.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Simon Pulse (January 25, 2005)
9780689871894 | details & prices | 137 pages | 5.00 × 6.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.25 lbs | List price $6.99
About: While acting in her own one-woman play about an L.
About: While acting in her own one-woman play about an L.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (February 1, 2005)
9780606333900 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.00 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.35 lbs | List price $15.65
About: While acting in her own one-woman play about an L.
About: While acting in her own one-woman play about an L.
Prebinding
Reprint edition from Paw Prints (October 10, 2008)
9781439561331 | details & prices | 137 pages | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | List price $15.99
About: Del's lived in Los Angeles for seventeen years, bouncing among foster homes.
About: Del's lived in Los Angeles for seventeen years, bouncing among foster homes.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Turtleback Books (February 1, 2005)
9781417669325 | details & prices | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | List price $17.20
About: While acting in her own one-woman play about an L.
About: While acting in her own one-woman play about an L.
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