Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

A New York Times Bestseller - Named A Best Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post Book World, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Rocky Mountain News

Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts of an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing journey.


Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 04/01/2006
ISBN: 9780618711659
Pages: 326
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.00d
Award: Green Mountain Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: New Yorker (The) 04/23/2006 pg. 28
Foreword 09/01/2005 pg. 1
People Weekly 01/18/2010 pg. 59

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 102560 / Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Reading Level: 4.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 13