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.
- ISBN10 0865479240
- ISBN13 9780865479241
- Publish Date 13 April 2010
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 16 October 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint North Point Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 96
- Language English