{"product_id":"paranoid-park-paperback","title":"Paranoid Park - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBlake Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enow a major motion picture directed by Gus Van Sant (\u003ci\u003eMy Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, \u003c\/i\u003eand Milk) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt was an accident. He didn't mean to kill the security guard with his skateboard--it was self-defense. But there's no one to back up his story. No one even knows he was at Paranoid Park. Should he confess, or can he get away with it? It's an ethical question no one should have to answer.\u003cp\u003eWriting more intensely than ever before, Blake Nelson delivers a film noir in book form, complete with interior monologue and dark, psychological drama. This is a riveting look at one boy's fall into a world of crime, guilt, and fear--and his desperate attempt to get out again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlake grew up in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e His first love was books but he spent several years in his teens and twenties playing in bands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlake's first writing job was at \u003ci\u003eDetails\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, where he wrote short humor pieces on the slacker lifestyle. His fiction remained unpublished until \u003ci\u003eSassy Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e (cool girl magazine from the 90s) began publishing excerpts from his first novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese excerpts generated enough response to get his first novel GIRL published by Simon and Schuster. GIRL (1994) has since been translated into six foreign languages and was made into a feature film. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter GIRL, Blake published two more adult novels, EXILE (1997) and USER (2001). In 2003 he decided to try a Young Adult novel, (a book specifically for teens) and wrote THE NEW RULES OF HIGH SCHOOL. Since then he has published five YA novels, NEW RULES, ROCKSTAR SUPERSTAR, PROM ANONYMOUS, GENDER BLENDER, and PARANOID PARK. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis books have won numerous awards and continue to be translated around the world. A TV movie for GENDER BLENDER is currently in development at Nickelodeon. And PARANOID PARK, is being made into a film by Gus Van Sant and MK2 Productions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlake Nelson currently lives with his wife in Brooklyn, NY. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.22 x 5.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paranoid Park\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47396518035705,"sku":"9780142411568","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/d2X84vqPsr9780142411568.webp?v=1770282794","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/paranoid-park-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}