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Hum by William David Thomas (2024, Hardcover)

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PublisherCharlesbridge Publishing, Incorporated

ISBN-101732213720

ISBN-139781732213722

eBay Product ID (ePID)5050396415

Product Key Features

Book TitleHum

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAction & Adventure / Survival Stories, General, Social Themes / New Experience

Publication Year2024

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorWilliam David Thomas

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight15.8 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2023-016423

ReviewsA story about learning to forge connections with others (human or otherwise) morphs into a wilderness survival tale when orphaned fifth-grader Allen, having moved to his gramma's country town, rescues an old llama slated to be slaughtered for a local restaurant. Thomas shovels in themes, issues, and plotlines--baseball, alopecia, making new friends, animal abuse, life-changing encounters with nature, recurrent nightmares linked to suppressed memories, coping with serious injuries both physical and emotional. But it's the vividly rendered cast that's most likely to stick with readers as Allen becomes the target of a brutal bully and his savage, gun-wielding dad, while also getting immediate and unexpectedly warm welcomes from two particular classmates and from Max, an airily cerebral high-school senior who volunteers to mentor her new "young Jedi." Not to mention the llama, who, along with being surprisingly communicative, repeatedly saves his life. If the justice meted out to the bullies seems rough (though perhaps well deserved), the author does point Allen and his supporters toward brighter, happier futures at the end. -- Booklist

Grade FromFourth Grade

Grade ToSeventh Grade

SynopsisA chance encounter with an old llama astonishingly reveals a language Allen didn't know he could speak in this captivating and one-of-a-kind middle-grade novel. Eleven-year-old Allen has a recurring nightmare, a persistent habit of humming, and difficulty connecting with other people. Making a fresh start, he and his grandmother move to a small village in northern New York. But when he meets an old llama at a winter festival, the encounter reveals a language he didn't know he could speak and unveils repressed memories that contradict what he has long believed about his earliest years and his parents' deaths. When the llama's life is threatened, Allen vows to free it. Together they begin a desperate trek through a snowy wilderness, a journey on which Allen must wrestle with lies about his past while struggling against the elements to survive.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.1.T46726Hu 2024