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Crossing California - Inhalt, Kategorie und bibliografische Infos

05.10.2026

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Crossing California - Inhalt, Kategorie und bibliografische Infos

Crossing California - Buchbeschreibung, Ausstattung und ISBN

Wer nach einem Buch von Adam Langer aus dem Themenfeld Sachbuch sucht, findet mit Crossing California eine Ausgabe mit präziser inhaltlicher Positionierung. Inhaltlich lässt sich Crossing California folgendermaßen zusammenfassen: Jill Wasserstrom, a studious and idealistic eighth-grader at Chicago's Boone Elementary School, is preparing to defend the Ayatollah Khomeini in a school debate, and then sabotage her Bat Mitzvah." "Her best friend, Muley Wills, is in live with her, though he can't understand her obsession with Iran. He himself is obsessed with a figure of his imagination: a long-lost cousin, the alluring Soviet defector Peachy Moskowitz, the unpredictable and hugely popular subject of his weekly monologue on Public Radio's Young Town Kids." "Larry Rovner, a high school senior and newly observant Jew, wants to make it as a rock star, composing Jewish-themed hits to impress girls and get Michelle Wasserstrom to sleep with him. Michelle has her sights on the stage - if she can only graduate from high school. Larry's sister Lana is bent on undermining everyone around her and getting a perfect score on her school report on Marie Curie so her father will make good on his bribe of a trip to Paris." "California Avenue, in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood, separates the upper-middle-class Jewish families on the west from the mostly middle-class Jewish households east of the divide. This novel tells the story of three families - parents Charlie Wasserstrom, Michael and Ellen Rovner, and Deirdre Wills, and their teenage children, living on either side of California. It follows their loves, heartaches, friendships, and losses during a memorable and defining moment of American history." "Spanning the Iran hostage crisis through he inauguration of Ronald Reagan as president, Crossing California is look at the end of an era, the turning point when the idealism of the sixties gave way to the pragmatism of the eighties."--BOOK JACKET Die Ausgabe erschien am 03.2005 bei Rowohlt und ist dem Verlagsstandort Reinbek bei Hamburg zugeordnet.

Was diese Ausgabe besonders interessant macht

Mit dem Erscheinungszeitpunkt 03.2005 lässt sich Crossing California sauber in einen bibliografischen Kontext einordnen. Die Ausgabe ist in Deutsch verfügbar und damit gezielt für Leserinnen und Leser mit entsprechender Sprachpräferenz interessant. Innerhalb von Sachbuch bietet Crossing California eine klar erkennbare thematische Zuordnung. Crossing California ist besonders für Leserinnen und Leser interessant, die sich gezielt mit Veröffentlichungen von Adam Langer beschäftigen möchten. Verlagsname und Verlagsort - Rowohlt und Reinbek bei Hamburg - helfen dabei, die Ausgabe eindeutig zu identifizieren.

Was behandelt Crossing California?

Wer wissen möchte, worauf Crossing California inhaltlich abzielt, findet in dieser Zusammenfassung einen ersten Ansatzpunkt: Jill Wasserstrom, a studious and idealistic eighth-grader at Chicago's Boone Elementary School, is preparing to defend the Ayatollah Khomeini in a school debate, and then sabotage her Bat Mitzvah." "Her best friend, Muley Wills, is in live with her, though he can't understand her obsession with Iran. He himself is obsessed with a figure of his imagination: a long-lost cousin, the alluring Soviet defector Peachy Moskowitz, the unpredictable and hugely popular subject of his weekly monologue on Public Radio's Young Town Kids." "Larry Rovner, a high school senior and newly observant Jew, wants to make it as a rock star, composing Jewish-themed hits to impress girls and get Michelle Wasserstrom to sleep with him. Michelle has her sights on the stage - if she can only graduate from high school. Larry's sister Lana is bent on undermining everyone around her and getting a perfect score on her school report on Marie Curie so her father will make good on his bribe of a trip to Paris." "California Avenue, in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood, separates the upper-middle-class Jewish families on the west from the mostly middle-class Jewish households east of the divide. This novel tells the story of three families - parents Charlie Wasserstrom, Michael and Ellen Rovner, and Deirdre Wills, and their teenage children, living on either side of California. It follows their loves, heartaches, friendships, and losses during a memorable and defining moment of American history." "Spanning the Iran hostage crisis through he inauguration of Ronald Reagan as president, Crossing California is look at the end of an era, the turning point when the idealism of the sixties gave way to the pragmatism of the eighties."--BOOK JACKET Die vorhandenen Tags verdichten die inhaltliche Einordnung des Buches zusätzlich: Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Jews, Jewish families, Domestic fiction, open_syllabus_project, Jews, fiction, Chicago (ill.), fiction, Fiction, sagas

Edition und bibliografische Einordnung

Die verlegerische und zeitliche Einordnung wird durch Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg und 03.2005 präzise ergänzt. Für weiterführende bibliografische Verknüpfungen sind die Kennungen OL2748491W und OL50541179M besonders hilfreich.

Die zentralen Metadaten zu Crossing California

  1. Externe Editionsreferenzen: OL50541179M
  2. Kurzbeschreibung: Jill Wasserstrom, a studious and idealistic eighth-grader at Chicago's Boone Elementary School, is preparing to defend the Ayatollah Khomeini in a school debate, and then sabotage her Bat Mitzvah." "Her best friend, Muley Wills, is in live with her, though he can't understand her obsession with Iran. He himself is obsessed with a figure of his imagination: a long-lost cousin, the alluring Soviet defector Peachy Moskowitz, the unpredictable and hugely popular subject of his weekly monologue on Public Radio's Young Town Kids." "Larry Rovner, a high school senior and newly observant Jew, wants to make it as a rock star, composing Jewish-themed hits to impress girls and get Michelle Wasserstrom to sleep with him. Michelle has her sights on the stage - if she can only graduate from high school. Larry's sister Lana is bent on undermining everyone around her and getting a perfect score on her school report on Marie Curie so her father will make good on his bribe of a trip to Paris." "California Avenue, in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood, separates the upper-middle-class Jewish families on the west from the mostly middle-class Jewish households east of the divide. This novel tells the story of three families - parents Charlie Wasserstrom, Michael and Ellen Rovner, and Deirdre Wills, and their teenage children, living on either side of California. It follows their loves, heartaches, friendships, and losses during a memorable and defining moment of American history." "Spanning the Iran hostage crisis through he inauguration of Ronald Reagan as president, Crossing California is look at the end of an era, the turning point when the idealism of the sixties gave way to the pragmatism of the eighties."--BOOK JACKET
  3. Open-Library-Work-ID: OL2748491W
  4. Erscheinungsdatum: 03.2005
  5. Buchtitel: Crossing California
  6. Verlag: Rowohlt
  7. Verfasst von: Adam Langer
  8. Primäre Kategorie: Sachbuch
  9. Internationale Standardbuchnummer (ISBN-10): 3498039210
  10. Format: hard
  11. Ort der Veröffentlichung: Reinbek bei Hamburg
  12. Verfügbare Sprache dieser Ausgabe: Deutsch
  13. Schlagwörter: Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Jews, Jewish families, Domestic fiction, open_syllabus_project, Jews, fiction, Chicago (ill.), fiction, Fiction, sagas

Warum sich Crossing California gut einordnen lässt

Die Verbindung aus Crossing California, Adam Langer, Sachbuch und Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Jews, Jewish families, Domestic fiction, open_syllabus_project, Jews, fiction, Chicago (ill.), fiction, Fiction, sagas schafft eine solide Grundlage für eine präzise thematische Suche.

Wichtige Fragen zu Inhalt und Ausgabe

Wann und wo wurde die Ausgabe veröffentlicht?

Die Ausgabe erschien am 03.2005 bei Rowohlt und ist dem Veröffentlichungsort Reinbek bei Hamburg zugeordnet.

Was sagt die Beschreibung über das Buch aus?

Jill Wasserstrom, a studious and idealistic eighth-grader at Chicago's Boone Elementary School, is preparing to defend the Ayatollah Khomeini in a school debate, and then sabotage her Bat Mitzvah." "Her best friend, Muley Wills, is in live with her, though he can't understand her obsession with Iran. He himself is obsessed with a figure of his imagination: a long-lost cousin, the alluring Soviet defector Peachy Moskowitz, the unpredictable and hugely popular subject of his weekly monologue on Public Radio's Young Town Kids." "Larry Rovner, a high school senior and newly observant Jew, wants to make it as a rock star, composing Jewish-themed hits to impress girls and get Michelle Wasserstrom to sleep with him. Michelle has her sights on the stage - if she can only graduate from high school. Larry's sister Lana is bent on undermining everyone around her and getting a perfect score on her school report on Marie Curie so her father will make good on his bribe of a trip to Paris." "California Avenue, in Chicago's West Rogers Park neighborhood, separates the upper-middle-class Jewish families on the west from the mostly middle-class Jewish households east of the divide. This novel tells the story of three families - parents Charlie Wasserstrom, Michael and Ellen Rovner, and Deirdre Wills, and their teenage children, living on either side of California. It follows their loves, heartaches, friendships, and losses during a memorable and defining moment of American history." "Spanning the Iran hostage crisis through he inauguration of Ronald Reagan as president, Crossing California is look at the end of an era, the turning point when the idealism of the sixties gave way to the pragmatism of the eighties."--BOOK JACKET

Worum handelt es sich bei Crossing California?

Crossing California ist ein Buch von Adam Langer, das der Kategorie Sachbuch zugeordnet wird und damit thematisch klar eingeordnet werden kann.

Welche Open-Library-Kennungen sind vorhanden?

Vorhanden sind die Work-ID OL2748491W und die Editionsreferenzen OL50541179M.

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