From the outside, they're simply a group of urban teenagers. But from the inside, they're some of the most complex people you'll ever meet. There's Eric, fiercely protective of his brother Mickey-but he has a secret that holds together his past and future. Sonia, struggling to live the life of a good Muslim girl in a foreign America. Gingerbread and Keisha, who fall in love despite themselves. Life Is Funny strips away the defenses of one group of teenagers living today, right now-and shows their unbearably real lives.

"First novelist Frank breaks new ground with a realistic, lyrical novel about eleven teens in Brooklyn now . . . Their talk is painful, rough, sexy, funny, fearful, furious, gentle. Each chapter, each vignette within a chapter, builds to its own climax, and the stories weave together to surprise you." (Booklist, starred review)

"An astounding first effort." (Kirkus Reviews, pointer review)

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 04/15/2002
ISBN: 9780142300831
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.47h x 5.48w x 0.72d

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 03/25/2002 pg. 67
Kliatt 07/01/2002 pg. 18
Publishers Weekly 03/25/2002

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 42964 / Life Is Funny
Reading Level: 4.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 8