{"product_id":"rule-of-the-bone-novel-9780060927240","title":"Rule of the Bone: Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the tradition \u003cem\u003eHuckleberry Finn \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/em\u003e, Russell Banks's quintessential novel of a disaffected homeless youth living on the edge of society \"redefines the young modern anti-hero. . . . \u003cem\u003eRule of the Bone\u003c\/em\u003e has its own culture and language, and Bone is sure to become a beloved character for generations\" (\u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e). \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen we first meet him, Chappie is a punked-out teenager living with his mother and abusive stepfather in an upstate New York trailer park. During this time, he slips into drugs and petty crime. Rejected by his parents, out of school and in trouble with the police, he claims for himself a new identity as a permanent outsider; he gets a crossed-bones tattoo on his arm, and takes the name \"Bone.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe finds dangerous refuge with a group of biker-thieves, and then hides in the boarded-up summer house of a professor and his wife. He finally settles in an abandoned school bus with Rose, a child he rescues from a fast-talking pedophile. There Bone meets I-Man, an exiled Rastafarian, and together they begin a second adventure that takes the reader from Middle America to the ganja-growing mountains of Jamaica. It is an amazing journey of self-discovery through a world of magic, violence, betrayal and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a compelling, off-beat protagonist evocative of Holden Caulfield and Quentin Coldwater, and a narrative voice that masterfully and naturally captures the nuances of a modern vernacular, Banks's haunting and powerful novel is an indisputable--and unforgettable--modern classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060927240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.59h x 5.03w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/12\/1996 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/16\/1996 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e68448 \/ Rule of the Bone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.4 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Russell Banks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42599638565045,"sku":"9780060927240","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a4cc8dd6-bf56-4477-8e73-32678f4b12d5.jpg?v=1673999278","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/rule-of-the-bone-novel-9780060927240","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}