Library's review
A teenager contracts “mad cow” disease and imagines the life and adventures he will never get to live. e story deals with the big questions: life, death, nding meaning, relationships. is is extraordinary writing; beware rough language
Genres
Publication
Delacorte Books for Young Readers (2009), Edition: 1, 496 pages
Description
Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen year-old who, after being diagnosed with Creutzfeld Jakob's (aka mad cow) disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed video gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.
Awards
Audie Award (Finalist — Teens — 2010)
Locus Award (Finalist — Young Adult Novel — 2010)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2012)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2012)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Recommended — 2012)
The Flume: NH Teen Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2011)
Printz Award (Winner — 2010)
Locus Recommended Reading (Young Adult Book — 2009)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2010)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Teens (Fiction — 2009)
OYAN Book Rave (2010)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2009-09-22
Pages
496
Physical description
496 p.; 8.53 inches
ISBN
0385733976 / 9780385733977
DDC/MDS
| 813.6 |