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Slake's Limbo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Slake's Limbo is a novel for young adults, written by Felice Holman in 1974. The book is about a young adolescent boy, Aremis Slake, who runs away from "home" to live in the subway and stays for 12...
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The very locale of most of the book, the underground world of Slake, is a symbol for the unseen, even surreptious existence of many disenfranchised existences and the title of the book invokes the image of a limbo, being a nothing in a nothing existence. ... by Holman, Felice. (Aladdin, 1986 ISBN 0-689-71066-6) Novel.
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The novel quickly ricochets between the young detective's efforts to solve a mystery and her school problems. See also Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief BKL My 15 01. Although Slake's Limbo was published in 1974, the novel remains popular and relevant.
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ship of myth to literature, Slake's Limbo provides an interesting and worthwhile field of study. Before offering my ideas on how this novel might be ...
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"Slake's Limbo" is more than a title, it is a place. (I mentioned it in a trio-review about boys but it deserves a solo mention.) ; On a day when his difficult life became unbearable, by chance Slake found a "room" in NY subway system.
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Thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake, hounded by his fears and misfortunes, flees them into New York City's subway tunnels, never again--he believes--to emerge ... Original title: Slake's Limbo; Original languages: English ; Quotes:
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LIFT encourages students to grow as readers and as critical thinkers. ... Visit Our; Sister Company: Newbridge; Educational; Publishing; ... Aremis Slake, at age thirteen, is hiding in a city's subway. Outstanding novel about loneliness and despair. 123 pp. Lexile 960 (RL 5, IL 5–9)
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