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The Dark Side of Nowhere – Book Description
Jason is having a bad day. The kind of day when you just don’t feel like yourself. Only for Jason, it’s not just a feeling. He really isn’t himself.Not any more.Who is he? That’s the problem. Jason isn’t sure. And it’s not just him. Everyone in town is acting weird. His friends. His parents. Everyone. Billington is usually such a normal town. As Jason is about to discover, nothing will ever be normal again.
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Awards & Honors
00/01: Utah Children’s Book Award List
00/01: Illinois Rebecca Caudill Award List
00/0l: Indiana Young Hoosier Award list
00/01: Nebraska Golden Sower Award list
99/00: Texas Lone Star Award List
99/00: South Carolina Young-Adult Book Award List
99/00: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award List
99/00: California Young Reader Medal — nomination
98/99: Maine Student Book Award List
1999: Hal Clements Science Fiction Golden Duck Award (Young-Adult “Hugo”)
1999: Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People “Outstanding Book of the Year”
1998: American Library Association YALSA “Best Book for Young Adults”
1998: American Library Association YALSA “Quick Pick” – TOP TEN LIST
Reviews
This is the best book I have ever read. I read this with my class at the school you visited today.
Does this book have a sequel I remember reading this as a teenager and loved the story. It seemed like their would be. Love this book.
No sequel… some books I write are just meant to stand alone…
this book was really breath taking and so are a lot of Neal Shusterman’s book’s i hope to read all of them I’m on the shadow club books right now and may I say wow.
Very good story. It is timeless. Thank you.
what is the theme of this book?
Sounds like you have an assignment to discuss the theme of the book. Read the book and give it some thought — You’ll figure it out!
Another great read! As an English teacher, you are my “go to” author when I recommend books. Thank you for sharing your gift with the world. Dickens is my favorite, but you are definitely a strong #2! 🙂
Wow! Second only to Dickens! What a compliment!
What is the location that this book is based on. I only ask because mrs. Pohl gives Jason money to take Paula to Braum’s, and braum’s is an Oklahoma based company that only offers restaurants to bordering states. Just curious I’m from Oklahoma.
Hi, Devin — I visited Oklahoma many times, and LOVE Braums. Since The Dark Side of Nowhere takes place somewhere in middle-America, when it came to having ice cream, I immediately thought of Braums. I had assumed it was all throughout the midwest, not just Oklahoma.
You make me sad, sir.
And why would that be?
i loved this book so much when i was younger i stole it from the school library. and no, it has not been given back. and yes, i did just re-read it and i still have fines due for it.
Ha! It’s a great compliment to an author to know that you loved a book enough to steal it from the library. Librarians have mixed feelings about it though! On the one hand they WANT you to love a book that much. On the other, now they have to replace it 🙂
I read this book when I was 13 and loved it. 18 years and many books later, it’s still one of my favorites.