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250 pp.
| St. Martin's Griffin |
June, 2014 |
TradeISBN 978-1-250-04459-4$18.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4668-4305-9
(2)
YA
Anxious, medicated fifteen-year-old Jamie suffers idiopathic cataplexy (unexplained numbness) when his sister is released from juvie. Cate had been convicted of setting a barn fire, and Jamie has only fragments of memories from the time prior to their mother's murder. Although readers will recognize early on that he's an unreliable narrator, the extent of Jamie's self-deception when ultimately revealed is staggering.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2014