A spark of light : a novel
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Author
Published
New York, NY : Ballantine Books, [2018].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780345544988, 0345544986
Physical Desc
369 pages ; 25 cm
Lexile measure
HL 790L
Rating
HL790L
Status
Elysian Area Library - Adult Fiction
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Published
New York, NY : Ballantine Books, [2018].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780345544988, 0345544986
Lexile code
HL
Lexile measure
790
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-369).
Description
"The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center a women's reproductive health services clinic its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic. But Wren is not alone. She will share the next and tensest few hours of her young life with a cast of unforgettable characters: A nurse who calms her own panic in order save the life of a wounded woman. A doctor who does his work not in spite of his faith but because of it, and who will find that faith tested as never before. Apro-life protester disguised as a patient, who now stands in the cross hairs of the same rage she herself has felt. A young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy. And the disturbed individual himself, vowing to be heard. Told in a daring and enthralling narrative structure that counts backward through the hours of the standoff, this is a story that traces its way back to what brought each of these very different individuals to the same place on this fateful day."--,Provided by publisher.
Target Audience
HL790L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,5.8,17,501609.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Picoult, J. (2018). A spark of light: a novel (First edition.). Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Picoult, Jodi, 1966-. 2018. A Spark of Light: A Novel. New York, NY: Ballantine Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Picoult, Jodi, 1966-. A Spark of Light: A Novel New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Picoult, Jodi. A Spark of Light: A Novel First edition., Ballantine Books, 2018.
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