num_pages: 237
description: One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is the story of a friendship between two 16-year-old boys in an American boarding school - one a natural athlete and the other a scholar. Their different temperaments cause tensions that lead to tragedy.
language: English
title: A Separate Peace
titlecomplete: A Separate Peace
characters: Gene Forrester, Phineas
genres: Read For School, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, School, Novels, Young Adult, Literature, High School, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 214657
places: New Hampshire
awards: awardedAt: -283968000000
name: Rosenthal Family Foundation Award, awardedAt: -283968000000
name: William Faulkner Foundation Award, awardedAt: -283968000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Heinemann Educational Books - Secondary Division