num_pages: 227
description: When Pierre-Anthon realizes there is no meaning to life the seventh-grader leaves his classroom climbs a tree and stays there. His classmates cannot make him come down not even by pelting him with rocks. So to prove to Pierre-Anthon that life has meaning the children decide to give up things of importance. The pile starts with the superficiala fishing rod a new pair of shoes. But as the sacrifices become more extreme the students grow increasingly desperate to get Pierre-Anthon down to justify their belief in meaning. Sure to prompt intense thought and discussion Nothing already a treasured work overseasis not to be missed.
language: English
title: Nothing
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers