Someone to Run with -- David Grossman

<p><b>David Grossman's <i>Someone to Run With</i> tells the story of a lost dog, and the discovery of first love on the streets of Jerusalem, portrayed here with a gritty realism that is as fresh as it is compelling.</b> <p/>When awkward and painfully shy sixteen-year-old Assaf is asked to find the owner of a stray yellow lab, he begins a quest that will bring him into contact with street kids and criminals, and a talented young singer, Tamar, engaged on her own mission: to rescue a teenage drug addict. <p/>A runaway bestseller in Israel, in the words of the <i>Christian Science Monitor</i>: It's time for Americans to fall in love with (Grossman's) <i>Someone to Run With</i>.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> David Grossman<br><b>Publisher:</b> St. Martins Press-3PL<br><b>Published:</b> 02/01/2005<br><b>Pages:</b> 343<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.95lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.00d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780312421946<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 6.6<br><b>Point Value:</b> 22<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>81420 / Someone to Run with<br><br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>New York Times</i> 03/27/2005 pg. 20<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>David Grossman</b> has received several international awards for his writing, including the Premio Grinzane and the Premio Mondelo for <i>The Zigzag Kid</i>. He is the author of several novels, including <i>Be My Knife, Someone to Run With, The Book of