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Overview
A play about fiction's power to both divide and unite, from Pulitzer finalist Adam Rapp
In small-town America, a young adult novel about teen pregnancy is banned by the local school board, igniting a fierce and violent debate over abortion, religious beliefs, and modern feminism. Its directionless New York City author arrives in town to defend the book and finds that it has inspired a group of local teens to rebel in strange and unexpected ways. A timely and unforgettable drama about the failure of urban and heartland America to understand each other, The Metal Children explores what happens when fiction becomes a matter of life and death.
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- ISBN-13: 9780865479241
- ISBN-10: 0865479240
- Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Publish Date: April 2010
- Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.25 pounds
- Page Count: 128
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