Truesight
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Truesight
By (Author) David Jr. Stahler
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
5th January 2006
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage: Social issues / topics
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Disability, impairments and spec
FIC
Short-listed for Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Grades 6-8) 2007
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 115mm, Height 174mm, Spine 16mm
124g
Description
Everyone in Jacob's colony is born blind. It has always been this way. They embrace the philosophy of Truesight: Blindness brings unity, purity, and freedom. It is an exceptional community. Everyone is happy.
As Jacob nears his thirteenth birthday, he anxiously anticipates his new role as an adult and all the changes that will bring. But as the day approaches, a far greater change threatens Jacob's future. It all starts with a searing pain in his eyes ...
This is the first book of David Stahler Jr.'s gripping Truesight trilogy.
Ages 12+
Author Bio
David Stahler Jr. received his bachelor''s degree in English from Middlebury College in 1994 and later earned a graduate degree from the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program at Dartmouth College. His other science-fiction works for young adults include Truesight and Doppelganger. He teaches in Vermont, where he lives with his wife and son.
