Far from the Tree: Young Adult Edition--How Children and Their Parents Learn to Accept One Another . . . Our Differences Unite Us

From New York Times bestselling author Andrew Solomon comes a stunning, poignant, and affecting young adult edition of his award-winning masterpiece, Far from the Tree, which explores the impact of extreme differences between parents and children.

The old adage says that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, meaning that children usually resemble their parents. But what happens when the apples fall somewhere else--sometimes a couple of orchards away, sometimes on the other side of the world?

In this young adult edition, Andrew Solomon profiles how families accommodate children who have a variety of differences: families of people who are deaf, who are dwarfs, who have Down syndrome, who have autism, who have schizophrenia, who have multiple severe disabilities, who are prodigies, who commit crimes, and more.

Elegantly reported by a spectacularly original and compassionate thinker, Far From the Tree explores how people who love each other must struggle to accept each other--a theme in every family's life. The New York Times calls the adult edition a "wise and beautiful" volume, that "will shake up your preconceptions and leave you in a better place."

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 07/25/2017
ISBN: 9781481440905
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.50d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2017
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2017 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 192973 / Far from the Tree: Young Adult Edition: How Children and Their Parents Learn to Accept One Another..
Reading Level: 8.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 22