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The rules of survival

Author: Nancy Werlin
Publisher: New York, NY : Dial Books, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : Secondary (senior high) school : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother.
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Genre/Form: Fiction
Juvenile fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Werlin, Nancy.
Rules of survival.
New York, NY : Dial Books, c2006
(OCoLC)608083607
Online version:
Werlin, Nancy.
Rules of survival.
New York, NY : Dial Books, c2006
(OCoLC)608575460
Material Type: Fiction, Secondary (senior high) school
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Nancy Werlin
ISBN: 0803730012 9780803730014
OCLC Number: 64585680
Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection.
Description: 259 p. ; 22 cm.
Responsibility: Nancy Werlin.

Abstract:

Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their emotionally and physically abusive mother.

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The Rules of Survival

by kctucker (WorldCat user published 2007-10-01) Excellent Permalink
Fourteen year old Matthew has a quest in life; to see that he and his sisters survive their beautiful but psychotic mother’s escalating moods. Peace finally seems to be in sight when their mother, Nikki, dates a new man named Murdoch. Matthew begins to think that normality has finally touched their lives...
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A nice addition to any library.

by AnchorageSchools (WorldCat user published 2009-10-27) Good Permalink

     This book would make be an excellent book club discussion.  Matt and his sisters live in a home where his mother rules with fear.  Everyday is a new, unpredictable adventure to survive.  One day, Matt witnesses an event that changes the way he views the world...
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