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A New York Times Bestseller • Named A Best Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post Book World, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Rocky Mountain News Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts of an exhilarating, affecting, often hilarious, and ultimately healing journey.
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ISBN-13: | 9780618711659 |
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Publisher: | HMH Books |
Publication date: | 04/04/2006 |
Pages: | 368 |
Sales rank: | 25,172 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.10(d) |
Lexile: | 800L (what's this?) |
Age Range: | 14 - 18 Years |
About the Author

JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER is the author of the novels Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and a work of nonfiction, Eating Animals. His books have won numerous awards and have been translated into 36 languages. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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New York, New YorkDate of Birth:
February 21, 1977Place of Birth:
Washington, D.C.Education:
B.A. in Philosophy, Princeton University, 1999What People are Saying About This
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