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My Chemical Mountain
By VACCO, Corina
- ISBN
- 978-0-385-74242-9 978-0-375-99057-1 978-0-307-97504-1
- Publisher
- Delacorte
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2013 | Grades 5-up
Gr 7 Up—Jason is about to enter high school with his two best friends, dangerously confident football star Charlie Pellitero and cautious and sickly William "Cornpup" Schumacher. They live in a town all but owned by the overarching and ominous company Mareno Chem, and their noxious playgrounds are waste-coated landfills. Whether it's swimming in the polluted Two Mile Creek or dirt biking up Chemical Mountain, there's no part of Poxton that doesn't belong to them. Jason needs t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on February 1, 2013
Teenager Jason Hammond lost his father in a deadly mishap at the Mareno Chem plant. His mother eats to mask her pain; Jason channels his anger and grief into his drawing. But Jason has his two best friends to keep him company: Charlie, a fearless fire-loving jock, and smart, sickly Cornpup. All summer they roam the industrial zone near their neighborhood, swim in the toxic creek, use their imaginations to develop a mutant-filled Freak Museum and Fr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
