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A video message from a dead person. A larcenous teenager. A man who can stick his left toe behind his head and in his ear. An epileptic girl seeking answers in a fairy tale. A boy who loses everything in World War II, and his brother who loses even more. And a family with a secret so big that it changes everything. The world's best beloved authors each contribute a chapter in the life of the mysterious George "Gee" Keane, photographer, soldier, adventurer and enigma. Under different pens, a startling portrait emerges of a man, his family, and his gloriously complicated tangle of a life. The full list of authors includes: Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning author of A STAR CALLED HENRY; Nick Hornby, author of ABOUT A BOY; Ruth Ozeki, author of MY YEAR OF MEATS; Margo Lanagan, Prinz Honor Award-winning author of BLACK JUICE; Linda Sue Park, Newbery Award-winning author of A SINGLE SHARD; David Almond, winner of the Whitbread Award and Carnegie Medal and author of SKELLIG; Gregory Maguire, author of WICKED; Tim Wynne-Jones, two-time winner of Canada's Governor General's award and author of ONE OF THE KINDER PLANETS; Deborah Ellis, author of THE BREADWINNER; Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl Books. And more are signing on!

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ISBN
978-0-43941-138-7
Publisher
Levine Scholastic


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on October 1, 2007

Gr 6-9 This beautifully crafted book brings together 10 authors, all of whom are great storytellers, to create a shared novel. Park has the lead chapter, in which she introduces the "jump" character (i.e., a figure who is referenced throughout even as the settings change). George "Gee" Keane, a famous photojournalist who has traveled the world shooting pictures of sports, wars, and people at work and at play, has just died. He leaves his grandson Jason his camera and some photographs. To granddaughter Maggie he bequeaths seven seashell...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on November 1, 2007

Ten noted authors, from David Almond to Tim Wynne-Jones, join forces to tell, serially, the tale of globe-trotting photojournalist "Gee" Keane, his family, his subjects, and his legacy. Linda Sue Park sets the whole enterprise up neatly with a chapter that begins after Gee's death, introducing his grandchildren, Maggie and Jason, and a number of different "jump objects" that her cohor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2007

Ten authors join forces to tell, serially, about globe-trotting photojournalist "Gee" Keane. Linda Sue Park sets it up neatly ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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