Challenger Deep, Neal Shusterman
Challenger Deep, Neal Shusterman
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Challenger Deep

Author: Neal Shusterman

Narrator: Michael Curran-Dorsano

Unabridged: 8 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/21/2015

Synopsis

National Book Award * Golden Kite Award Winner * Six Starred ReviewsA captivating novel about mental illness that lingers long beyond the last page, Challenger Deep is a heartfelt tour de force by New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman.Caden Bosch is on a ship that's headed for the deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, the southern part of the Marianas Trench.
Caden Bosch is a brilliant high school student whose friends are starting to notice his odd behavior.Caden Bosch is designated the ship's artist in residence to document the journey with images.
Caden Bosch pretends to join the school track team but spends his days walking for miles, absorbed by the thoughts in his head.Caden Bosch is split between his allegiance to the captain and the allure of mutiny.
Caden Bosch is torn.Challenger Deep is a deeply powerful and personal novel from one of today's most admired writers for teens. Laurie Halse Anderson, award-winning author of Speak, calls Challenger Deep ""a brilliant journey across the dark sea of the mind; frightening, sensitive, and powerful. Simply extraordinary.""

About Neal Shusterman

Neal Shusterman is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of more than fifty books, including Challenger Deep, which won the National Book Award; Scythe, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; Dry, which he cowrote with his son, Jarrod Shusterman; Unwind, which won more than thirty domestic and international awards; Bruiser, which was on a dozen state lists; The Schwa Was Here, winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award; and Game Changer, which debuted as an indie top-five best seller. He is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for the body of his work. You can visit him online at storyman.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma on February 24, 2018

WOW I am blown away by this novel. This is an intense, intense story that you really need to dedicate yourself to reading. It is a truly incredible work of literature and absolutely deserves the title of National Book Award Winner. Eye-opening, thought-provoking, all around amazing. TW: schizophrenia......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on May 14, 2015

"Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug." Thank you, Neal Shusterman, for portraying the pain, the horrors, and the light touches of hope that come with mental illness. I have read at least one book (looking at you, All the Bright Places) that glamorizes mental......more

Goodreads review by Lala on June 12, 2019

"Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug." This had so many powerful moments and moving quotes throughout, but half of it just didn't do it for me, y'know? I appreciate everything this book did, especially the scenes set in reality- I just found myself uninteres......more

Goodreads review by Kristina on August 14, 2015

I adored this book. It was a little confusing to figure out what was going on right away, but once the two stories start overlapping it all comes together in this beautiful and emotion way. I loved it, and it hit me in the feels more than a few times. Probably the books that's made me cry the hardes......more

Goodreads review by Liz on April 28, 2017

My first impression of this book was also the one that lasted - While reading I often felt like I was drowning in it; and about as often like I was re-emerging. I will try to write a review that does this magnificent book justice, but I am also fully aware of the fact that no matter what I say and ho......more

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