Where Things Come Back

English

ISBN: 1442413344

EAN: 9781442413344

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Family / General/Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Friendship/Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / General/Juvenile Fiction / General/Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Birds/Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / General/

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Publishing

Release Date: 07/29/2012

Age Range: 14-null

Synopsis: Winner of the 2012 Michael L. Printz and William C. Morris Awards, this poignant and hilarious story of loss and redemption explores the process of grief, second chances, and even the meaning of life ( Kirkus Reviews). In the remarkable, bizarre, and heart-wrenching summer before Cullen Witters senior year of high school, he is forced to examine everything he thinks he understands about his small and painfully dull Arkansas town. His cousin overdoses; his town becomes absurdly obsessed with the alleged reappearance of an extinct woodpecker; and most troubling of all, his sensitive, gifted fifteen-year-old brother, Gabriel, suddenly and inexplicably disappears. Meanwhile, the crisis of faith spawned by a young missionarys disillusion in Africa prompts a frantic search for meaning that has far-reaching consequences. As distant as the two stories initially seem, they are woven together through masterful plotting and merge in a surprising and harrowing climax. This extraordinary tale from a rare literary voice finds wonder in the ordinary and illuminates the hope of second chances.

Awards: Michael L. Printz Award – null  Publishers Weekly Best Childrens Books – null  Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Book Awards – null  Volunteer State Book Award – null  William C. Morris YA Debut Award , The – null 

Where Things Come Back

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.8 inches

Width: 5.5 inches

Length: 8.25 inches

Weight: 7.55 oz

Pages: 256