The rest of us just live here /
by Ness, Patrick [author.].
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BookPublisher: New York, NY : HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.Edition: First U.S. edition.Description: 317 pages ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780062403162; 0062403168; 9780062435026; 0062435027.Subject(s): High schools -- Juvenile fiction | Teenagers -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction | Exceptional teenagers -- Juvenile fiction | Washington (State) -- Juvenile fiction | High schools -- Fiction | Teenagers -- Conduct of life -- Fiction | Dystopias -- Fiction | Washington (State) -- Fiction | Dystopias | High schools | Teenagers -- Conduct of life | Washington (State) | Young adult fiction | Science fiction | Humorous fiction | Paranormal fiction | Fantasy fiction | Fantasy fiction | Fiction | Humorous fiction | Juvenile worksSummary: What if you aren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you're like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again. Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life. Even if your best friend is worshiped by mountain lions.
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Altadena Main Library | Young Adult Collection | Young Adult Fiction | YA FIC NES | Available | 39270003901091 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
<p>A new YA novel from novelist Patrick Ness, author of the Carnegie Medal- and Kate Greenaway Medal-winning A Monster Calls and the critically acclaimed Chaos Walking trilogy, The Rest of Us Just Live Here is a bold and irreverent novel that powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable.</p> <p>What if you aren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death?</p> <p>What if you're like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again.</p> <p>Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life.</p> <p>Even if your best friend is worshipped by mountain lions.</p>
What if you aren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you're like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again. Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life. Even if your best friend is worshiped by mountain lions.