If you gulped through reading or streaming reasons why, tease is the book for you provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents, amanda maciel s highly acclaimed debut novel tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. As the title would suggest, amanda maciels debut novel, tease, centres around a girl named sara wharton whose life is completely derailed after what seems like harmless teasing leads a classmate to killing herself and in this situation, sara is the bully. With its powerful narrative, unconventional point of view, and strong anti. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read tease. Author amanda maciel tackles the tough subject of teen bullying by telling the story from the point of view of sara wharton, one of the teens on trial for harassing and stalking emma putnam. Im glad to say that in the love or hate community of people who read. She is now the one to blame for emma putnams suicide. Tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. From its opening line, to its atypical perspective, to its main character who is far from instantly likable, its a story that is at once refreshingly different, intriguing, emotionally charged and thoughtprovoking. Provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents, amanda. Amanda maciels timely exploration of bullying pulls no punches. She is also the author of the young adult novels tease, lucky girl, a perfect disaster and sasha cohen. With its powerful narrative, unconventional point of view, and.
Amanda maciels tease is a novel that instantly grabs your attention. Amanda maciel, quote from tease when the doors are open big gusts of cold air sweep into the car, and suddenly it smells damp and earthly, that early smell that tells you all the snow and ice is melting and someday the sun will come out again. Maciel includes an authors note describing her decision to write the book as well as a list of antibullying resources. She spends her free time writing, running, or riding the subway with her young son. Saras actions pushed the alreadytroubled emma to kill herself. The author wants us to think about where we stand and by showing us one side she doesnt take a stand. Bullying with amanda maciel author of tease youtube. Tease by amanda maciel is a book that really, really made me think and i actually loved it. From debut author amanda maciel comes a provocative and unforgettable novel, inspired by reallife incidents, about a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for. Download and print the official book club discussion guide for tease by amanda maciel. Amanda maciel has worked in book publishing since graduating from mount holyoke college and is currently a senior editor at scholastic. She graduated from mount holyoke college and works in book publishing and as an executive editor of childrens books. April 2014 classified as contemporary, young adult obtained through bought read as ebook shelve on goodreads.
Tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide about tease. Recommended age range on amazon is from 6 to 11 years, although i feel this novel would better suit the older child from 10 to 15 or even 16 years of age. She spends her free time writing, running, and helping raise her young son with her husband and their cat. Tease written by author amanda maciel is a paperback containing 368 pages. Tease is a bold, hardhitting and memorable debut that needs to be read and talked about. Apr 29, 2014 if you gulped through reading or streaming reasons why, tease is the book for you. You can visit her twitter here and her facebook here. Tease provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents, amanda maciels highly acclaimed debut novel tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Emma putnam is dead, and its all sara whartons fault. If you gulped through reading or streaming reasons why, tease is the book for you provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents, amanda maciels highly acclaimed debut novel tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. Tease is a thoughtprovoking musthear that will haunt listeners long after they hit stop. Amanda maciel, executive editor at scholastic as well as author of ya novels tease and lucky girl, talks about how writing books made her an authorfriendly editor, staying emotionally available during revisions, and the trouble with accepting that you have an impact on other people the original post for this episode can be found here. We dont see emmas perspective and so we dont one hundred per cent know how much of a factor the bullying was in her suicide.
Apr 29, 2014 tease written by author amanda maciel is a paperback containing 368 pages. This novel by amanda maciel sounded like an interesting read so it was an easy choice now that ive finished reading tease, i can say it has left its mark. Provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents, amanda maciel s highly acclaimed debut novel tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. Courtney summers, author of this is not a test tease is a book i wish id written shocking, subtle, and emotionally raw. In this powerful debut novel inspired by reallife events, amanda maciel weaves a narrative of high school life as complex and heartbreaking as it is familiar. Tease is a thoughtprovoking mustread that will haunt readers long after the last page. Contemporary from debut author amanda maciel comes a provocative and unforgettable novel, inspired by reallife incidents, about a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. Tease by amanda maciel book cover, description, publication history. Amanda maciel has worked in book publishing since graduating from mount holyoke college and is currently an executive editor of childrens books.
Tease by amanda maciel, 9781444918717, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents, amanda maciels highly acclaimed debut novel tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. With its powerful narrative, unconventional point of. Secondary school age and definitely not suitable for primary school age this is possibly a mistake by amazon. Jul 03, 2014 as the title would suggest, amanda maciel s debut novel, tease, centres around a girl named sara wharton whose life is completely derailed after what seems like harmless teasing leads a classmate to killing herself and in this situation, sara is the bully. May 01, 2014 amanda maciel has worked in book publishing since graduating from mount holyoke college and is currently a senior editor at scholastic. Provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents, amanda maciel s highly acclaimed debut novel tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces c. Tease is not a book about a bully who is then revealed to be a victim. Tease amanda maciel hardcover harpercollins publishers. Provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents, amanda maciels highly acclaimed debut novel tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces. Tease by amanda maciel meet your next favorite book. Aug 05, 2014 tease by amanda maciel is a book that really, really made me think and i actually loved it.
Tease by amanda maciel danielle villano april 21, 2014. Jun 11, 2015 download and print the official book club discussion guide for tease by amanda maciel. She lives with him, her husband, and their cat, ruby, in brooklyn, new york. With its powerful narrative, unconventional point of view, and strong antibullying theme, this comingofage story offers. Amanda maciel audio books, best sellers, author bio. The novels main character is the bully and i found it. Amanda maciel s timely exploration of bullying pulls no punches.
She spends her free time writing, running, and helping raise her young son with her husband and their cat in brooklyn, new york. Apr 25, 2014 in this powerful debut novel inspired by reallife events, amanda maciel weaves a narrative of high school life as complex and heartbreaking as it is familiar. Do be aware that it is told from the point of view of the bully though. Google hangout with amanda maciel author of tease a young adult book about bullying. It tackles bullying and may be a bit triggery if this is an issue for you but its an important book and one that should be read. With its powerful narrative, unconventional point of view. Tease masterfully shows that when it comes to bullying, nothing is black and white, no side of the story is the only side of the story, and there are no winners. With its powerful narrative, unconventional point of view, and strong antibullying. Read tease online by amanda maciel books free 30day trial. May 01, 2014 amanda maciels tease is a novel that instantly grabs your attention. I would recommend it to people who do not just automatically write off mean girl or unlikable characters. From debut author amanda maciel comes a provocative and unforgettable novel, inspired by reallife incidents, about a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. Bullying and teen suicide are not exactly easy subjects, but i think that the author was able to properly describe them in her novel. If you gulped through reading or streaming reasons why, tease is the book for you.
Tease provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by reallife incidents, amanda maciel s highly acclaimed debut novel tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or. The novels main character is the bully and i found it impossible to dislike her. She lives with him, her husband, and their cat, ruby, in. The moving story is informed by the 2010 bullying and suicide of massachusetts teen phoebe prince and is bound to open up debate on who is to blame when a bullied teen commits suicide. In this powerful debut novel, inspired by reallife events, amanda maciel weaves a narrative of high school life as complex and heartbreaking as it is familiar. Amanda maciel does a brilliant job of showing just one perspective in a complicated situation.
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