Fade
Readers rate it 3.8 (5 on Hardcover)
320 pages · Released Sep 14, 2004 · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
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A note for parents
Fade is a sophisticated supernatural coming-of-age novel by a respected YA author that explores the corruption of power and moral responsibility through the lens of invisibility. While not graphically violent, the book contains dark themes, psychological manipulation, and morally compromised characters that require emotional maturity to process. The 1938 setting and exploration of how power corrupts provide some educational value, but the heavy, introspective tone and disturbing acts mean this is better suited to older teens than middle-grade readers.
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From the publisher
IT IS THE summer of 1938 when young Paul Moreaux discovers he can "fade." First bewildered, then thrilled with the power of invisibility, Paul experiments. But his "gift" soon shows him shocking secrets and drives him toward a chilling act."Imagine what might happen if Holden Caufield stepped into H. G. Wells' The Invi... IT IS THE summer of 1938 when young Paul Moreaux discovers he can "fade." First bewildered, then thrilled with the power of invisibility, Paul experiments. But his "gift" soon shows him shocking secrets and drives him toward a chilling act."Imagine what might happen if Holden Caufield stepped into H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man, and you'll have an idea how good Fade is. . . . I was absolutely riveted."--Stephen KingFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
Shelved under
- French Canadians
- Paranormal fiction
- Juvenile fiction
- French-Canadians
- Fiction
- Supernatural
- Children's fiction
- Adolescence, fiction
- Supernatural, fiction
- Fantasy
- Young Adult
- Adventure
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ISBN 9780385731348 · Delacorte Books for Young Readers