Atonement -- Ian McEwan

<b><b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER - A s</b>ymphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness that provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from the acclaimed Booker Prize-winning, international bestselling author. <p/>"A beautiful and majestic fictional panorama." --John Updike, <i>The New Yorker</i></b> <p/> On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a moment's flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia's childhood friend. But Briony' s incomplete grasp of adult motives--together with her precocious literary gifts--brings about a crime that will change all their lives. <p/>As it follows that crime's repercussions through the chaos and carnage of World War II and into the close of the twentieth century, <i>Atonement </i>engages the reader on every conceivable level, with an ease and authority that mark it as a genuine masterpiece.<br><b><br>Don't miss Ian McEwan's new novel, <i>Lessons</i>, coming in September!</b><br><br><b>Author:</b> Ian McEwan<br><b>Publisher:</b> Anchor Books<br><b>Published:</b> 02/25/2003<br><b>Pages:</b> 368<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.60lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.97h x 5.20w x 0.75d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780385721790<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 7.5<br><b>Point Value:</b> 22<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Upper Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>66932 / Atoneme