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Somebody up There Hates You : A Novel by Hollis Seamon (2013, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers

ISBN-101616202602

ISBN-139781616202606

eBay Product ID (ePID)167575612

Product Key Features

Book TitleSomebody Up there Hates You : a Novel

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

TopicSocial Themes / Death & Dying, Social Themes / Dating & Sex, Romance / Contemporary, General, Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

AuthorHollis Seamon

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight2.3 Oz

Item Length8.6 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

ReviewseoeI read Somebody Up There Hates You in one great rush. This novel is funny, harrowing, and wildly profane. It had me crying with laughter on one page and then just plain crying on another.e --Will Schwalbe, author of The End of Your Life Book Club eoeThis is not just another teen-dying-of-cancer story. Seamon has created a smart-mouthed, funny, occasionally raunchy, very typical teen boy narrating the final days of his life in a way that is unflinching, graphic, at times funny, and at times heartbreaking. Readers will alternate between shaking their heads at his self-centeredness, laughing at his smart mouth, and reaching for tissues as Richard really learns what it means to grow up . . . Emotions are raw and painful but the story is a powerful and life-affirming look at what it means to grow up as your life is ending.e --VOYA eoeEven in hospice, a lot can happen in a short time . . . Being near death doesne(tm)t mean abandoning hope for the life that remains.e --Publishers Weekly, starred review eoeEach character is vividly drawn, with a sharp, memorable voice that readers will love and remember . . . A fresh, inspiring story.e --Kirkus Reviews, starred review eoeHeartfelt . . . The language is raw and even profane at times, but hardly inappropriate given the circumstances . . . This novel is respectful of its serious subject matter, yet is an entertaining and heartening read.e --School Library Journal eoeSeamone(tm)s first young-adult novel is a tender, insightful, and unsentimental look at two teens in extremis. It brings light to a very dark place, and in so doing, does its readers a generous service.e --Booklist eoeHere are some things Hollis Seamon knows: Life, for one, and the end of life, and how they are always partners. She knows what's sad, and she knows what's funny. And she knows what people need, and how it feels to be someone who worries he might not get to experience life fully before he goes. Knowing all that--and being able to write about it so simply, and beautifully, with such a lack of sentimentality--is already enough for one writer. That she is able to take this knowledge and, with it, inhabit a character--Richard, 17, in a hospice, paradoxically and wonderfully alive--is a kind of miracle.e --Richard Kramer, author of These Things Happen, "I read Somebody Up There Hates You in one great rush. This novel is funny, harrowing, and wildly profane. It had me crying with laughter on one page and then just plain crying on another." -- Will Schwalbe, author of The End of Your Life Book Club "This is not just another teen-dying-of-cancer story. Seamon has created a smart-mouthed, funny, occasionally raunchy, very typical teen boy narrating the final days of his life in a way that is unflinching, graphic, at times funny, and at times heartbreaking. Readers will alternate between shaking their heads at his self-centeredness, laughing at his smart mouth, and reaching for tissues as Richard really learns what it means to grow up . . . Emotions are raw and painful but the story is a powerful and life-affirming look at what it means to grow up as your life is ending." -- VOYA "Even in hospice, a lot can happen in a short time . . . Being near death doesn't mean abandoning hope for the life that remains." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Each character is vividly drawn, with a sharp, memorable voice that readers will love and remember . . . A fresh, inspiring story." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Heartfelt . . . The language is raw and even profane at times, but hardly inappropriate given the circumstances . . . This novel is respectful of its serious subject matter, yet is an entertaining and heartening read." -- School Library Journal "Seamon's first young-adult novel is a tender, insightful, and unsentimental look at two teens in extremis. It brings light to a very dark place, and in so doing, does its readers a generous service." -- Booklist "Here are some things Hollis Seamon knows: Life, for one, and the end of life, and how they are always partners. She knows what's sad, and she knows what's funny. And she knows what people need, and how it feels to be someone who worries he might not get to experience life fully before he goes. Knowing all that--and being able to write about it so simply, and beautifully, with such a lack of sentimentality--is already enough for one writer. That she is able to take this knowledge and, with it, inhabit a character--Richard, 17, in a hospice, paradoxically and wonderfully alive--is a kind of miracle." -- Richard Kramer, author of These Things Happen, Each character is vividly drawn, with a sharp, memorable voice that readers will love and remember . . . A fresh, inspiring story., 'oeI read Somebody Up There Hates You in one great rush. This novel is funny, harrowing, and wildly profane. It had me crying with laughter on one page and then just plain crying on another.' --Will Schwalbe, author of The End of Your Life Book Club 'oeThis is not just another teen-dying-of-cancer story. Seamon has created a smart-mouthed, funny, occasionally raunchy, very typical teen boy narrating the final days of his life in a way that is unflinching, graphic, at times funny, and at times heartbreaking. Readers will alternate between shaking their heads at his self-centeredness, laughing at his smart mouth, and reaching for tissues as Richard really learns what it means to grow up . . . Emotions are raw and painful but the story is a powerful and life-affirming look at what it means to grow up as your life is ending.' --VOYA 'oeEven in hospice, a lot can happen in a short time . . . Being near death doesn't mean abandoning hope for the life that remains.' --Publishers Weekly, starred review 'oeEach character is vividly drawn, with a sharp, memorable voice that readers will love and remember . . . A fresh, inspiring story.' --Kirkus Reviews, starred review 'oeHeartfelt . . . The language is raw and even profane at times, but hardly inappropriate given the circumstances . . . This novel is respectful of its serious subject matter, yet is an entertaining and heartening read.' --School Library Journal 'oeSeamon's first young-adult novel is a tender, insightful, and unsentimental look at two teens in extremis. It brings light to a very dark place, and in so doing, does its readers a generous service.' --Booklist 'oeHere are some things Hollis Seamon knows: Life, for one, and the end of life, and how they are always partners. She knows what's sad, and she knows what's funny. And she knows what people need, and how it feels to be someone who worries he might not get to experience life fully before he goes. Knowing all that--and being able to write about it so simply, and beautifully, with such a lack of sentimentality--is already enough for one writer. That she is able to take this knowledge and, with it, inhabit a character--Richard, 17, in a hospice, paradoxically and wonderfully alive--is a kind of miracle.' --Richard Kramer, author of These Things Happen, "I read Somebody Up There Hates You in one great rush. This novel is funny, harrowing, and wildly profane. It had me crying with laughter on one page and then just plain crying on another." -- Will Schwalbe, author of The End of Your Life Book Club "This is not just another teen-dying-of-cancer story. Seamon has created a smart-mouthed, funny, occasionally raunchy, very typical teen boy narrating the final days of his life in a way that is unflinching, graphic, at times funny, and at times heartbreaking. Readers will alternate between shaking their heads at his self-centeredness, laughing at his smart mouth, and reaching for tissues as Richard really learns what it means to grow up . . . Emotions are raw and painful but the story is a powerful and life-affirming look at what it means to grow up as your life is ending." -- VOYA "Even in hospice, a lot can happen in a short time . . . Being near death doesn't mean abandoning hope for the life that remains." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Each character is vividly drawn, with a sharp, memorable voice that readers will love and remember . . . A fresh, inspiring story." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review "Heartfelt . . . The language is raw and even profane at times, but hardly inappropriate given the circumstances . . . This novel is respectful of its serious subject matter, yet is an entertaining and heartening read." -- School Library Journal "Seamon's first young-adult novel is a tender, insightful, and unsentimental look at two teens in extremis. It brings light to a very dark place, and in so doing, does its readers a generous service." -- Booklist "Here are some things Hollis Seamon knows: Life, for one, and the end of life, and how they are always partners. She knows what's sad, and she knows what's funny. And she knows what people need, and how it feels to be someone who worries he might not get to experience life fully before he goes. Knowing all that--and being able to write about it so simply, and beautifully, with such a lack of sentimentality--is already enough for one writer. That she is able to take this knowledge and, with it, inhabit a character--Richard, 17, in a hospice, paradoxically and wonderfully alive--is a kind of miracle." -- Richard Kramer, author of These Things Happen -- Reviews, Each character is vividly drawn, with a sharp, memorable voice that readers will love and remember . . . A fresh, inspiring story. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review, "I read Somebody Up There Hates You in one great rush. This novel is funny, harrowing, and wildly profane. It had me crying with laughter on one page and then just plain crying on another." --Will Schwalbe, author of The End of Your Life Book Club "This is not just another teen-dying-of-cancer story. Seamon has created a smart-mouthed, funny, occasionally raunchy, very typical teen boy narrating the final days of his life in a way that is unflinching, graphic, at times funny, and at times heartbreaking. Readers will alternate between shaking their heads at his self-centeredness, laughing at his smart mouth, and reaching for tissues as Richard really learns what it means to grow up . . . Emotions are raw and painful but the story is a powerful and life-affirming look at what it means to grow up as your life is ending." --VOYA "Even in hospice, a lot can happen in a short time . . . Being near death doesn't mean abandoning hope for the life that remains." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "Each character is vividly drawn, with a sharp, memorable voice that readers will love and remember . . . A fresh, inspiring story." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Heartfelt . . . The language is raw and even profane at times, but hardly inappropriate given the circumstances . . . This novel is respectful of its serious subject matter, yet is an entertaining and heartening read." --School Library Journal "Seamon's first young-adult novel is a tender, insightful, and unsentimental look at two teens in extremis. It brings light to a very dark place, and in so doing, does its readers a generous service." --Booklist "Here are some things Hollis Seamon knows: Life, for one, and the end of life, and how they are always partners. She knows what's sad, and she knows what's funny. And she knows what people need, and how it feels to be someone who worries he might not get to experience life fully before he goes. Knowing all that--and being able to write about it so simply, and beautifully, with such a lack of sentimentality--is already enough for one writer. That she is able to take this knowledge and, with it, inhabit a character--Richard, 17, in a hospice, paradoxically and wonderfully alive--is a kind of miracle." --Richard Kramer, author of These Things Happen, "Heartfelt . . . The language is raw and even profane at times, but hardly inappropriate given the circumstances . . . This novel is respectful of its serious subject matter, yet is an entertaining and heartening read." --School Library Journal Each character is vividly drawn, with a sharp, memorable voice that readers will love and remember . . . A fresh, inspiring story. --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromNinth Grade

Grade ToTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal813.6

SynopsisChemo, radiation, a zillion surgeries, watching my mom age twenty years in twenty months: if that's part of the Big Dude's plan, then it's pretty obvious, isn't it? Somebody up there hates you. SUTHY has landed me here in this hospice, where we--that's me and Sylvie--are the only people under thirty in the whole place, sweartogod. But I'm not dead yet. I still need to keep things interesting. Sylvie, too. I mean, we're kids, hospice hostages or not. We freak out visitors; I get my uncle to sneak me out for one insane Halloween night. Stuff like that. And Sylvie wants to make things even more interesting . That girl's got big plans. Only Sylvie's father is so nuclear-blasted by what's happened to his little girl, he glows orange, I swear. That's one scary man, and he's not real fond of me. So we got a major family feud going on, right here in hospice. DO NOT CROSS line running down the middle of the hall. It's crazy. In the middle of all of this, really, there's just me and Sylvie, a guy and a girl. And we want to live, in our way, by our own rules, for whatever time we've got. We will pack in some living before we go. Trust me. So let's get to it., Richie is a normal seventeen-year-old--except he's in hospice care. The people who love Richie want him alive as long as possible. And Richie wants to live as much as he can till the end. Oh, and there's a fifteen-year-old girl named Sylvie across the hall. Somebody Up There Hates You is smart, funny, painful, and bawdy--with no holds barred.