Nyle's life with her grandmother on their Vermont sheep farm advances rhythmically through the seasons until the night of the accident at the Cookshire nuclear power plant. Without warning, Nyle's modest world fills with protective masks, evacuations, contaminated food, disruptions, and mistrust.
Nyle adjusts to the changes. As long as the fallout continues blowing to the East, Nyle, Gran, and the farm can go on. But into this uncertain haven stumble Ezra Trent and his mother, "refugees" from the heart of the accident, who take temporary shelter in the back bedroom of Nyle's house.
The back bedroom is the dying room: It took her mother when Nyle was six; it stole away her grandfather just two years ago. Now Ezra is back there and Nyle doesn't want to open her heart to him. Too many times she's let people in, only to have them desert her.
Karen Hesse's voice and vision are grounded in truth; she takes on a nearly unharnessable subject, contains it, and makes it resonate with honesty. Part love story, part coming of age, this is a tour de force by a gifted writer.
Nyle adjusts to the changes. As long as the fallout continues blowing to the East, Nyle, Gran, and the farm can go on. But into this uncertain haven stumble Ezra Trent and his mother, "refugees" from the heart of the accident, who take temporary shelter in the back bedroom of Nyle's house.
The back bedroom is the dying room: It took her mother when Nyle was six; it stole away her grandfather just two years ago. Now Ezra is back there and Nyle doesn't want to open her heart to him. Too many times she's let people in, only to have them desert her.
Karen Hesse's voice and vision are grounded in truth; she takes on a nearly unharnessable subject, contains it, and makes it resonate with honesty. Part love story, part coming of age, this is a tour de force by a gifted writer.
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Hardback Editions
April 2009 : Library Binding
| Title: Phoenix Rising Author(s): Karen Hesse ISBN: 1-4395-9754-5 / 978-1-4395-9754-5 Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 1999 : Library Binding
| Title: Phoenix Rising Author(s): Karen Hesse, Krazcewicz ISBN: 0-7857-7793-8 / 978-0-7857-7793-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 1995 : Hardback
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June 1994 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
February 2009 : Paperback
| Title: Phoenix Rising Author(s): Karen Hesse ISBN: 0-312-53562-7 / 978-0-312-53562-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Square Fish Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Phoenix Rising Author(s): Karen Hesse ISBN: 0-8050-8106-2 / 978-0-8050-8106-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Books for Young Readers Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
September 2005 : Paperback
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September 1995 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Phoenix Rising Author(s): Karen Hesse, Krazcewicz ISBN: 0-14-037628-3 / 978-0-14-037628-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Puffin Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 1995 : Paperback
| Title: Phoenix Rising Author(s): Karen Hesse ISBN: 0-7807-5194-9 / 978-0-439-42642-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Perfection Learning Prebound Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 1994 : Paperback
| Title: PHOENIX RISING Author(s): Karen Hesse Publisher: Scholastic Book Services Availability: Amazon More details... |
1994 : Paperback
| Title: Phoenix Rising Author(s): Karen Hesse ISBN: 0-590-61966-7 / 978-0-590-61966-0 (USA edition) Publisher: Scholastic Book Services Availability: Amazon More details... |
January 1991 : Paperback
| Title: Phoenix Rising Author(s): Karen Hesse Publisher: Cane Hill Pr Availability: Amazon More details... |
Audio Editions
August 2010 : Audio CD
| Title: Phoenix Rising Author(s): Karen Hesse ISBN: 1-4418-1817-0 / 978-1-4418-1817-1 Publisher: Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2010 : Audio CD
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August 2010 : MP3 CD
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August 2010 : MP3 CD
| Title: Phoenix Rising Author(s): Karen Hesse ISBN: 1-4418-1820-0 / 978-1-4418-1820-1 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
August 2010 : Unknown
| Title: Phoenix Rising (Playaway Children) Author(s): Karen Hesse ISBN: 1-4418-7889-0 / 978-1-4418-7889-2 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
December 1995 : Turtleback
| Title: Phoenix Rising Author(s): Karen Hesse ISBN: 0-606-08012-0 / 978-0-606-08012-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Demco Media Inc Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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