Unnamables

By: BOORAEM ELLEN

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Hardcover | 1 October 2008

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Medford lives on a neat, orderly island called--simply--Island. Islanders like names that say exactly what a thing (or a person) is or does. Nothing less. Islanders like things (and people) to do what their names say they will. Nothing more. In fact, everything on Island is named for its purpose, even the people who inhabit it. But Medford Runyuin is different. A foundling, he has a meaningless last name that is just one of many reminders that he's an outsider. And, to make matters worse, Medford's been keeping a big secret, one that could get him banished from Island forever. When the smelliest, strangest, unruliest creature Island has ever seen comes barreling right into his rigid world, Medford can't help but start to question the rules he's been trying to follow his entire life. A whimsical fantasy debut about belonging, the dangers of forgetting history, and the Usefulness of art, "The Unnameables" is one of the funniest stories of friendship you'll ever read, with a cast of characters you'll never forget.

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"Booraem's debut is an ever-surprising, genre-defying page-turner. Realistic characters deal with philosophical problems in vivid, flowing prose that is evocative and often funny. A sort of combination of witch-trial-era Salem and The Giver, this book offers a treat with nearly every page turn." Kirkus Reviews, starred review (9/01/08) "The novel's humor and amiable tone make it a highly-accessible but thought-provoking read.""--The Horn Book Magazine" "The novel's humor and amiable tone make it a highly-accessible but thought-provoking read."--The Horn Book Magazine"Avid readers in middle school and high school will enjoy a tale that combines magic with an almost puritanical culture."--VOYA (5Q4P) "The novel s humor and amiable tone make it a highly-accessible but thought-provoking read.""--The Horn Book Magazine""Avid readers in middle school and high school will enjoy a tale that combines magic with an almost puritanical culture."--"VOYA (5Q4P)"" "The novel's humor and amiable tone make it a highly-accessible but thought-provoking read.""--The Horn Book Magazine""Avid readers in middle school and high school will enjoy a tale that combines magic with an almost puritanical culture."--"VOYA (5Q4P)" "The novel's humor and amiable tone make it a highly-accessible but thought-provoking read.""--The Horn Book Magazine" "Avid readers in middle school and high school will enjoy a tale that combines magic with an almost puritanical culture."--"VOYA (5Q4P)"

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Prologue	p. xi
Cropfodder	p. 1
Book Learning	p. 14
Essence Is Gone	p. 25
Bog Island	p. 36
Mistress Learned	p. 47
Pinky	p. 59
The Goatman’s Wind	p. 70
Rambles and Tales	p. 80
Grass Tunes	p. 92
Once a Runyuin	p. 101
Prudy’s View of the World	p. 113
Nutcakes	p. 124
Cold Nutcakes	p. 133
The Constables	p. 143
Jail	p. 156
Stinky Returns	p. 168
Up to the Archives	p. 181
Jeremiah Comstock	p. 191
The Map in the Dark	p. 203
The Last of Alma	p. 217
The Naming	p. 228
Morning at Cook’s	p. 239
The Council	p. 252
Twig’s Surprise	p. 265
Constance Learned	p. 276
A Runyuin and a Carver	p. 289
Risk and Beauty	p. 297
Another Useful Gust	p. 304
The Unnameable	p. 310
Acknowledgments	p. 317
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