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Angel Fiction

Going Bovine

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  • 2009 first published
  • 488 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (5 ratings)
  • 3 editions
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Published in 2009, Going Bovine is an angel fiction novel by Libba Bray. Key subjects include creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, people with disabilities and automobile travel.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 5 ratings, and 20 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 3 editions. It appeared on the New York Times Chapter Books bestseller list in 2009.

At about 488 pages, most readers finish it in 8–9 hours.

About Going Bovine

Can Cameron find what he's looking for?All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school--and life in general--with a minimum of effort. It's not a lot to ask. But that's before he's given some bad news: he's sick and he's going to die. Which totally sucks. Hope arrives in the winged form of Dulcie, a loopy punk angel/possible hallucination with a bad sugar habit. She tells Cam there is a cure--if he's willing to go in search of it. With the help of a death-obsessed, video-gaming dwarf and a yard gnome, Cam sets off on the mother of all road trips through a twisted America into the heart of what matters most.From the Hardcover edition.
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Awards & lists

  • ✦Locus Awards 2010 — Best Young Adult Book (nominee)
  • 📰New York Times bestseller list — Chapter Books, 2009

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
  • People with disabilities
  • Automobile travel
  • Dwarfs
  • Mad cow disease
  • Young adult fiction
  • Dwarfs, Persons
  • Physically handicapped
  • Dwarfism
  • Children's fiction
  • Children, diseases
  • Angels
  • Sick persons
  • Teenage boys
  • Death

Quick answers

Who wrote Going Bovine?

Going Bovine was written by Libba Bray and first published in 2009.

What genre is Going Bovine?

It is usually shelved as Angel Fiction.

How long is Going Bovine?

The median edition has 488 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Going Bovine?

Readers who like it often enjoy Fallen (Fallen #1), Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Crescendo.

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