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Goodhouse
Peyton Marshall
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Description for Goodhouse
Paperback. Goodhouse is not supposed to be a prison. Despite the guard dogs, the tracking devices, and the fact that the boys are mandated to attend and unable to leave, it's supposed to be a second - and final -chance. Across the country, sixty thousand boys are locked into Goodhouse campuses until they turn 18. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127. .
'Page-turning' KAREN JAY FOWLER 'Powerful NEW YORK TIMES Goodhouse is not supposed to be a prison. Despite the guard dogs, the tracking devices, and the fact that the boys are mandated to attend and unable to leave, it's supposed to be a second - and final -chance. Across the country, sixty thousand boys are locked into Goodhouse campuses until they turn 18. What they all have in common are the genetic markers that indicate a predisposition towards violent and criminal behavior. Every lesson taught at Goodhouse is meant to be an honest effort ... Read more
'Page-turning' KAREN JAY FOWLER 'Powerful NEW YORK TIMES Goodhouse is not supposed to be a prison. Despite the guard dogs, the tracking devices, and the fact that the boys are mandated to attend and unable to leave, it's supposed to be a second - and final -chance. Across the country, sixty thousand boys are locked into Goodhouse campuses until they turn 18. What they all have in common are the genetic markers that indicate a predisposition towards violent and criminal behavior. Every lesson taught at Goodhouse is meant to be an honest effort ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780552779432
SKU
V9780552779432
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Ref
99-61
About Peyton Marshall
PEYTON MARSHALL is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. GOODHOUSE is partly inspired by her research into the Preston School of Industry, a juvenile reform school founded in California in 1890. Its aim was to elevate the minds of young offenders and provide them with job skills that would keep them out of adult prison. The memoirs of former ... Read more
Reviews for Goodhouse
A marvel - a glorious combination of page-turning literary thriller and challenging examination of freedom, destiny, and the thorny ideals of faith and science
Eleanor Brown, NYT-bestselling author of THE WEIRD SISTERS
GOODHOUSE is thrilling and wonderful and dark
Mark Childress, author of CRAZY IN ALABAMA
A page-turning account of one boy's ... Read more
Eleanor Brown, NYT-bestselling author of THE WEIRD SISTERS
GOODHOUSE is thrilling and wonderful and dark
Mark Childress, author of CRAZY IN ALABAMA
A page-turning account of one boy's ... Read more