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In a novel the Village Voice calls "memorable" and "striking," Alice Hoffman vividly portrays a family shattered by tragedy when eleven-year-old Amanda is diagnosed with AIDS...

"Brilliant...explosive...heart-rending." —Chicago Tribune

"Graceful...emotionally potent...A cathartic tale that begs us, with heartbreaking eloquence, to stop looking the other way." —Glamour

"Within pages, the reader falls in love with this very real little girl... Moving, dramatic and painfully human." —Miami Herald

"Compelling power...tenderness and perceptiveness." —New York Times

"I have rarely encountered a work that has moved me as strongly... extraordinary." —Mademoiselle

"Deeply impressive...powerful." —Newsweek

"Deeply moving...Sensitivity and empathy...radiate from this beautiful novel." —Chicago Sun-Times

"Compassionate...This is a serious, honest novel." —Village Voice

"Tender, strikingly simple and deeply memorable." —Kirkus Reviews

"An affecting novel of exquisite delicacy, with humor, warmth, and sensitivity. Miss Hoffman heals wounds with the gentle touch of an angel." —Joseph Heller

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Street Date:
11/1/1998
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781101141885
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.7, 10 Points
Lexile measure:
940

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Alice Hoffman. (1998). At Risk. Penguin USA, Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Alice Hoffman. 1998. At Risk. Penguin USA, Inc.

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Alice Hoffman, At Risk. Penguin USA, Inc, 1998.

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Alice Hoffman. At Risk. Penguin USA, Inc, 1998.

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"Graceful...emotionally potent...A cathartic tale that begs us, with heartbreaking eloquence, to stop looking the other way." —Glamour

"Within pages, the reader falls in love with this very real little girl... Moving, dramatic and painfully human." —Miami Herald

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"I have rarely encountered a work that has moved me as strongly... extraordinary." —Mademoiselle

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"Graceful...emotionally potent...A cathartic tale that begs us, with heartbreaking eloquence, to stop looking the other way." —Glamour

"Within pages, the reader falls in love with this very real little girl... Moving, dramatic and painfully human." —Miami Herald

"Compelling power...tenderness and perceptiveness." —New York Times

"I have rarely encountered a work that has moved me as strongly... extraordinary." —Mademoiselle

"Deeply impressive...powerful." —Newsweek

"Deeply moving...Sensitivity and empathy...radiate from this beautiful novel." —Chicago Sun-Times

"Compassionate...This is a serious, honest novel." —Village Voice

"Tender, strikingly simple and deeply memorable." —Kirkus Reviews

"An affecting novel of exquisite delicacy, with humor, warmth, and sensitivity. Miss Hoffman heals wounds with the gentle touch of an angel." —Joseph Heller

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