{"product_id":"on-a-clear-day-paperback","title":"On a Clear Day - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalter Dean Myers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Visionary. This book should be in every reader's hands.\" -JACQUELINE WOODSON, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBrown Girl Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eYoung heroes decide that they are not too young or too powerless to change their world in this gripping, futuristic young adult novel by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Printz Award-winning \u003ci\u003eMonster\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It is 2035. Teens, armed only with their ideals, must wage war on the power elite. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dahlia is a Low Gater: a sheep in a storm, struggling to survive completely on her own. The Gaters live in closed safe communities, protected from the Sturmers, mercenary thugs. And the C-8, a consortium of giant companies, control global access to finance, media, food, water, and energy resources--and they are only getting bigger and even more cutthroat. Dahlia, a computer whiz, joins forces with an ex-rocker, an ex-con, a chess prodigy, an ex-athlete, and a soldier wannabe. Their goal: to sabotage the C-8. But how will Sayeed, warlord and terrorist, fit into the equation? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAWARDS FOR WALTER DEAN MYERS: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author\u003cbr\u003e 3-Time National Book Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003e Michael L. Printz Award\u003cbr\u003e 5 Coretta Scott King Awards\u003cbr\u003e 2 Newbery Honors\u003cbr\u003e National Ambassador for Young People's Literature (2012-2013)\u003cbr\u003e Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement\u003cbr\u003e Children's Literature Legacy Award \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for ON A CLEAR DAY: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Walter Dean Myers was such a visionary. On a Clear Day is at once historical and futuristic, thoughtful and thought-provoking. It should be in every reader's hands. It's a book for anyone who has ever given thought to our own future and the futures of those coming behind us. Stunning.\" -\u003cb\u003eJACQUELINE WOODSON\u003c\/b\u003e, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBrown Girl Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e *\"A clarion call from a beloved, much-missed master.\" -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In his last book, Myers has turned his thoughtful attention to matters of pressing global importance and issued an implicit challenge to his teen readers to become involved and make a difference. It makes for a stirring valedictory.\" -\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Published posthumously, this is an angry story, demonstrating again Myers's acute social conscience.\" -\u003ci\u003eHorn Book \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Worth serious YA consideration.\" -The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e1937-2014\u003cbr\u003eWalter Dean Myers's fiction and nonfiction books have reached millions of young people. A prolific author of more than one hundred titles, he received every major award in the field of children's literature. He wrote two Newbery Honor Books, eleven Coretta Scott King Award winners, three National Book Award finalists, and the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. He also received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults and was the first recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. He was a 2010 United States nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and was nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Award numerous times. From 2012 to 2013, he served as the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature with the platform \"Reading is not optional.\" In his most-beloved books, Walter explored the themes of taking responsibility for your life and that everyone always gets a second chance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e On a Clear Day\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751522173216,"sku":"9780385387569","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9af0cf6682230c95ec2bd15eedd7c93f.webp?v=1779974947","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/on-a-clear-day-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}