Authors: Tom Leveen
Party (23 page)
is the artistic director and cofounder of Chyro Arts Venue, an all-ages nonprofit visual and performing-arts space in Scottsdale, Arizona. He has been involved in theater since 1988, directing more than thirty plays. He frequently works with young adults at Chyro’s various events, including theater, visual art exhibits, and especially the live music scene. Tom is an Arizona native, where he lives with his wife, Joy.
Party
is his first novel. You can visit Tom at
www.tomleveen.com
.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2010 by Tom Leveen
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Leveen, Tom.
Party / Tom Leveen.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: As eleven different high school students recount, in their own voices, events before, during, and after the same end-of-year party, the stories intersect and combine in unexpected ways.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89569-2
[1. Interpersonal relations—Fiction. 2. Self-perception—Fiction. 3. Parties—Fiction.
4. Family problems—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.L57235Par 2010
Fic]—dc22 2009017824
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