num_pages: 514
description: Calamity Physics: The resulting explosion of energy, light, heartbreak, and wonder as Blue van Meer enters a small, elite school in a sleepy mountain town. Blue's highly unusual past draws her to a charismatic group of friends at St. Gallway and their captivating teacher, Hannah Schneider. A sudden drowning, a series of inexplicable events, and finally the shocking death of Hannah herself lead to a confluence of mysteries. And Blue is left to make sens of it all with only her gimlet-eyed instinct and cultural lexicon to guide her.--back cover
language: English
title: Special Topics in Calamity Physics
titlecomplete: Special Topics in Calamity Physics
characters: Natasha Alicia Bridges van Meer, Victor Moats, Violet May Martinez, Ms. Gershon, Howie Valerio, Alfred Johnson, Jefferson Whitestone, Fayonette Harper, Andreo Verduga, Norvel Owen, Wilson Gnut, Frank Fletcher, Ms. Simpson, Eugenia Sturds, Blue van Meer, Arnie Sanderson, Smoke Wyannoch Harvey, Roy Withers, Pa Havermeyer, Lonny Felix, Lee Sanjay Song
genres: Coming Of Age, Literary Fiction, Novels, Young Adult, Literature, Adult, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 46591
places: Stockton, North Carolina
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: John Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: The Center for Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
publisher: Penguin Books