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Jumping the Nail
By Bunting, Eve
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-15241-357-6
- Publisher
- San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1991
Gr 6-8 Rising 90 feet above the water, the cliff known as the Nail looms large in the legends of the teens in the coastal community of Paloma, California. A jump off the cliff into the ocean below rates an entry on the roster of names carved into the cliff's "danger" sign, and now, despite the risk, Dru's best friend, Elisa, is jumping in order to please her boyfriend. This jump causes her chronic depression to resurface, and raises for Dru all sorts of issues regarding peer pressure, insecurity, a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
