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About The Book
A rash of teen suicides haunts a teen with a murky history in this Printz Honor–winning novel.
Will was destined to be a pilot, to skim above surfaces. So why is he in wood shop class? He doesn’t know—or maybe he just doesn’t want to admit the truth.
When local teens begin committing suicide, their deaths all have one thing in common: beautifully carved wooden tributes that appear just after or before their bodies are found.
Will’s afraid he knows who’s responsible. And lurking just behind that knowledge is another secret, so explosive that he might not be able to face it and live…
Will was destined to be a pilot, to skim above surfaces. So why is he in wood shop class? He doesn’t know—or maybe he just doesn’t want to admit the truth.
When local teens begin committing suicide, their deaths all have one thing in common: beautifully carved wooden tributes that appear just after or before their bodies are found.
Will’s afraid he knows who’s responsible. And lurking just behind that knowledge is another secret, so explosive that he might not be able to face it and live…
Product Details
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (March 4, 2014)
- Length: 160 pages
- ISBN13: 9781442482722
- Grades: 7 and up
- Ages: 12 - 99
- Lexile ® 500L The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics®
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Raves and Reviews
"Packs quite a wallop."
– Chicago Tribune
"Intense, nightmarish storytelling: sometimes wildly funny, sometimes heartbreaking, entirely memorable."
– Kirkus Reviews
"Lynch remains one of young adult literature's most intriguing writers."
– VOYA
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