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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Paranoid Park

Paranoid Park

Nelson, Blake

Paperback

Young Adult Fiction

Publisher Price: $12.00

ISBN10: 0142411566
ISBN13: 9780142411568
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: Feb 28 2008
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.43
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.45 Depth: 8.22
Language: English
In the heart of a bustling city lies a mysterious skateboard park that hides a dark secret.

The inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Gus Van Sant (My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, and Milk)

Nelson breaks new ground with this psychological thriller tracing the chilling consequences of an impulsive act of violence.--Publishers Weekly

Nonstop page turning until the surprising conclusion.--Booklist

[This novel] examines the chasm separating moral responsibility from the eternal damnation of keeping a horrible secret.--School Library Journal

It's called Paranoid Park for a reason. It's an outlaw skatepark where Streeters rule and Preps enter at their own risk. But when one Prep braves the scene alone, he gets mixed up in a fight that leaves someone dead. In the sleepless nights that follow, he decides to call the police. Then doesn't. He decides to tell his dad. But can't. Desperate and scared, he puts off making any decision at all. Maybe no one will ever find out. But when a cop appears at his school wanting to question skaters, the pressure begins to build . . . and whether he wants to or not, he'll have to come to a decision he can live with forever.

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