When the stars begin to fall

Resource Information

The work When the stars begin to fall represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Milton Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

When the stars begin to fall

Statement of responsibility

James Lincoln Collier

Creator

• Collier, James Lincoln, 1928-

Contributor

• hoopla digital

Subject

• Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
• Children's stories
• Electronic books
• Fathers and sons -- Fiction
• Fathers and sons -- New York (State) | Adirondack Mountains -- Juvenile fiction
• Pollution -- Fiction
• Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) -- Fiction
• Poverty -- Fiction
• Poverty -- New York (State) | Adirondack Mountains -- Juvenile fiction
• Pollution -- New York (State) | Adirondack Mountains -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Everyone in Timber Falls knows that his family is trash, and sometimes Harry White thinks he'll always be trash. But he can't help getting angry. After all, what had he and his sister, Helen, ever done to anybody? When he discovers the local carpet factory is polluting the river, he comes up with a bold expos{u251C}® that, if he is successful, will make people sit up and show him respect. He wants to do it alone even though he knows he's asking for trouble. As trash, Harry's got nothing to lose. Or does he? Gripping, disturbing, and exhilarating, When the Stars Begin to Fall reveals the hidden forces that conspire against well-meaning innocents. Harry's desire to change himself and society is so powerful, his voice so direct and real, that listeners won't forget his struggle for dignity. In this striking departure from the historical novels he is so well known for, James Lincoln Collier has written a powerful-even shocking-novel that challenges and defies the rhetoric of contemporary America. "The compassion found in Collier's award-winning historical fiction carries this story through the betrayals and terrible truths of Harry's life. Readers will be angered by Harry's treatment at the hands of others, as well as enlightened by his intelligence, which comes shining through." "This is a fast-paced story filled with action and excitement."

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

adult