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Favorable Source 2: "a debut novel about teenage suicide has become a stealthy hit with surprising staying power." |
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Favorable Source 2: The New York Times’s children’s chapter books best-seller |
Background Source 2: -published in October 2007 by Razorbill -an imprint of Penguin Group U.S.A. -sold 158,000 copies since then (in 2yrs) |
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Background Source 2: -the chapter-book best-seller list in November 2008 at No. 10. -next list is published, it will rise to No. 3. |
Overall Reception Source 2: “I think the whole message of the book is to be careful what you do to people, because you never know what they’re going through,” said Christian Harvey, a 15-year-old sophomore at Port Charlotte High School in Port Charlotte, Fla. “You can really hurt somebody, even with the littlest thing.” |
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Favorable Source 2: “I’ve read a lot of titles that are pretty dark,” said Kris Vreeland, the children’s book buyer at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena, Calif. “But not something that was specifically that kind of a format and never anything that really dealt with suicide from the perspective of the person who has committed suicide.” -the store had sold more than 250 copies. |
Background Source 2: 11 manuscripts rejected before he finally sold the book which has become a best-selling children’s title since it was published in 2007. |
