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    Speak, Paperback, 2010
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Quaking
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 525 Ratings and 124 Reviews

Book Description
Goth girl Matt lives her life by simple rules: Stay under the radar, never go by Matilda (only Matt), and don?t let anyone get too close. But everything changes when she moves in with a peaceful Quaker family in Pennsylvania. As the country fights a war in the Middle East, Matt fights her own personal war, battling bullies of her past and present and fighting to stand up for her belief in peace. T... More
Book Information
PublisherSpeak
BindingPaperback (5 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of Pages272
ISBN-10014241476X
ISBN-13978-0142414767
Publication Date02/18/2010
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About Kathryn Erskine (Author) : Kathryn Erskine spent many years as a lawyer before realizing that she’d rather write things that people might actually enjoy reading. She grew up mostly overseas and attended eight different school... more
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3/14/2008 Joyce Hostetter said: Oh, this is such a great book! So quotable too.It has so many passages I wish I had written!
tags: Inspired me, I recommend

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3/14/2008 Julie M. Prince said: A favorite of mine for 2007! Review here: http://www.teensreadtoo.com/Quaking.html
tags: I recommend, I read

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6/16/2007 Anne Marie Pace said: I was lucky enough to read this in manuscript. Funny, thought-provoking and deeply moving, this book will be passed from one teen to the next.
tags: I recommend

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