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Where things come back : a novel / by John Corey Whaley.
Title:
Where things come back : a novel / by John Corey Whaley.
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Edition:
1st ed.
Publication:
New York ; London ; Toronto ; Sydney : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2011]
Publication Date:
2011
ISBN:
9781442413337

9781451749861
General Note:
"Manufactured in the United States of America"--Title page verso.
Abstract:
Seventeen-year-old Cullen's summer in Lily, Arkansas, is marked by his cousin's death by overdose, an alleged spotting of a woodpecker thought to be extinct, failed romances, and his younger brother's sudden disappearance.

"In the remarkable, bizarre, and heart-wrenching summer before Cullen Witter's 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 missionary's 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."--Publisher's description.
Content Type:
text
Carrier Type:
volume
Reading Level:
Ages 14 up.
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Language:
English
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