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The curious incident of the dog in the night-time [electronic resource] : A novel. Mark Haddon.
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- ISBN: 9781400079070 (electronic bk)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
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| Summary, etc.: | NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic—both poignant and funny—about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and discovers unexpected truths about himself and the world. “Disorienting and reorienting the reader to devastating effect.... Suspenseful and harrowing.” — The New York Times Book Review Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years. |
| Target Audience Note: | Text Difficulty 4 UG/Upper grades (9th-12) 1090 Lexile. 5.4 ATOS Level |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Vintage, 2004. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser. |
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| Subject: | Fiction. Literature. |
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time : A Novel (Costa Novel Award)
Author and screenwriter Mark Haddon was born in Northampton, U.K. in 1962. He received a B.A. in English from Merton College and a MSc in English Literature from Edinburgh University. Since 1996, he has worked on numerous television projects. He has won two BAFTAs and The Royal Television Society Best Children's Drama for Microsoap, which he created and wrote 12 out of 25 episodes. He also wrote the screenplay for the BBC television adaption of Fungus the Bogeyman. He has written fifteen children's books including the Agent Z series. In 1994, he was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize for The Real Porky Philips. He won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year Award for his novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which provides a realistic insight into what it is like to have autism. He currently lives in Oxford with his family. He was runner-up for the BBC National Short Story Award with his title 'Bunny'. (Bowker Author Biography)
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