About this title: In the year 1938, 13-year-old Paul Moreaux discovers that he has inherited the family trait of being able to fade and become invisible. The fade power is mysteriously inherited by one boy in each generation of the Moreaux family, and Paul is both pleased and frightened as he explores the possibilities of his power.
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Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good Grade C average reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Ex library. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. 0440204879 SS--This mass market paperback book is in good condition! ! FIRST EDITION! FULL NUMBER LINE--10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1! ! ! Some creasing of the spine. This is a solid used book that looks to have been read and enjoyed a time or two...standard signs of wear from reading. Has store stamp on top border. SMOKE FREE HOME! Do not settle for worn, torn, throwaways. Pay a few pennies more for a nice copy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780385731348ISBN:0385731345
Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 310 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780385731348ISBN:0385731345
Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 310 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Description: Good. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 304 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Description: Very good. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 304 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. Very good read more
"I was really disappointed in this book. The beginning/first half was so incredible, I was expecting the rest of it to record Paul's downward spiral into madness, and maybe he would end up raping his aunt or something!!! But then there was the completely unnecessary interlude with "Susan", and the book went downhill from there. I really disliked Robert Cormier's use of the character Ozzie, he felt like some sort of scapegoat for Paul, like "Oh, Paul isn't that bad when you compare him to Ozzie". But I think the whole thing should have been written from Paul's perspective. This is the kind of book that when I finish, I put down and think, What was the author thinking?"
"I'd never heard of this book, and the copy I picked up from the library didn't have any information about what it was about so I didn't know what I was getting into. It was an all right story, interesting and engaging enough. However, I cannot believe how sexually explicit this novel was. Regardless of whether or not stuff like this actually happened in the 30s, I can see no reason it should have been included in the story, except for perhaps the parts dealing with Rosanna. Maybe. The first half of the novel is very interesting, and just when you think it's going to start getting somewhere great it stops and jumps to new characters. All in all, not a great book or even a good book, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone."
"I am currently on a 'books I should have read when I was 14 kick', and that includes a lot by Robert Cormier. This is a really interesting mystery, coming of age, and psychological thriller, all at once. Worth reading even if you are not an adolescent boy. :)"
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