num_pages: 160
description: The first day of Stephanie’s junior year is a step into the underworld. Led into desire, depression, and alienation by the intoxicating yet strangely distant figure of Denny Pistill, Stephanie must cope with a series of fears and crises. Denny and Stephanie are drawn to each other through writing and reading poetry, and author Liz Rosenberg’s own poetic sense gives truth to Stephanie’s ability to make art out of the darkest things. Stephanie’s passage through an emotional winter, which echoes the myth of Persephone, ultimately brings her into a budding sense of life and hope. Written in short chapters in the style of prose poetry, this is an exquisitely crafted, emotionally honest novel for young adults from a prize-winning author.
language: English
title: 17: A Novel in Prose Poems
titlecomplete: 17: A Novel in Prose Poems
genres: Young Adult, Coming Of Age, Mental Health, Poetry, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 77
publisher: Cricket Books