A Place Apart (Fox novel)
| Author | Paula Fox |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | September 26, 1980 |
| Publication place | United States |
A Place Apart is a 1980 children's novel by Paula Fox. After her father's sudden death, 13-year-old Victoria and her mother are forced to move from Boston to a town in the New England countryside. There Victoria meets Hugh, an arrogant high school junior who soon takes to manipulating and bullying her. Hugh's interest wanes with the arrival of a new boy at school, Todd, whom Victoria takes a linking to. As Victoria begins to process her feelings regarding her father's death, her mother announces she is remarrying and they will be moving back to Boston.
Reception
The book was a finalist for the National Book Award for Children's Books in the hardback category in 1981[1] and later co-won the Award in the paperback category in 1983.[2] The Christian Science Monitor called the book "an outstanding example of serious realistic fiction for a juvenile audience"[3] In Anne Tyler's review for the New York Times, she complimented Fox's writing and said the book was "a book apart–quiet-voiced, believable and often very moving".[4]
External links
References
- ^ "A Place Apart". NationalBook.org. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
- ^ "National Book Awards 1983". NationalBook.org. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
- ^ Elizabeth Muther (October 14, 1980). "Some thoughts on 'realism' in fiction for teen-agers; It All Began With Jane Eyre, by Sheila Greenwald. Boston: Atlantic -- Little, Brown & Co. $7.95; A Place Apart, by Paula Fox. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $9.95". CSMonitor.com. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
- ^ Tyler, Anne (November 9, 1980). "Staking Out Her Territory". NYTimes.com. Retrieved December 24, 2025.