TY - SER
KW - Quakers
KW - soldiers
KW - college students
KW - immigrants
KW - orphans
KW - high schools
KW - Muslims
KW - Iraq War
KW - evangelical Christians
KW - War in Afghanistan
KW - relief agencies
KW - Protestants
AU - Stephen Dau
AB - After his family is killed during an errant U. S. military operation in an unnamed Muslim country, Jonas, 15, is sent by an aid agency to live with a foster family in suburban Pittsburgh. He excels at high school and earns a scholarship to Pitt, yet he struggles to adapt to local culture and to cope with the mystery of the Johnstown soldier who saved his life.
C1 - 2000s
C3 - Allegheny County; Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Ohio River; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Oakland; University of Pittsburgh; Cathedral of Learning; South Side; Bethel Park; Cambria County; Johnstown
C4 - Literary; War; Campus; Psychological
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - After his family is killed during an errant U. S. military operation in an unnamed Muslim country, Jonas, 15, is sent by an aid agency to live with a foster family in suburban Pittsburgh. He excels at high school and earns a scholarship to Pitt, yet he struggles to adapt to local culture and to cope with the mystery of the Johnstown soldier who saved his life.
PB - Blue Rider Press
PP - New York
PY - 2012
RN - Stephen Dau (1971— ), a Pittsburgh native, earned a BA at the University of Pittsburgh and a MFA at Bennington College. He lives in Brussels, Belgium.
EP - 258 p.
TI - The Book of Jonas
ER -