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292 pp.
| Little |
September, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-0-316-16636-2$15.99
(4)
YA
When Kip was nine years old he set a boy on fire, killing him. Now fourteen, Kip and his family are trying to put the past behind them by changing their names and moving away from their Alaska home. The charged premise is intriguing, but Kip's first-person narration is so even-tempered it's hard to believe he actually did what he did.