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Where things come back : a novel /

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.

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Main Authors: Whaley, John Corey (Author)
Corporate Authors: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers,
Publisher Address: New York ; London ; Toronto ; Sydney :
Publication Dates: [2011].
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Missing persons > Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Juvenile fiction.
Best friends > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Extinct birds > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Arkansas > Juvenile fiction.
Arkansas > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: 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.
Item Description: "Manufactured in the United States of America"--Title page verso.
Carrier Form: 228 pages ; 22 cm
Audience: Ages 14 up.
Young Adult
ISBN: 9781442413337 (hardcover)
1442413336 (hardcover)
9781451749861 (PBD)
1451749864 (PBD)
9781442413344 (pbk.)
1442413344 (pbk.)
Index Number: PZ7
CLC: I712.84
Call Number: I712.84/W552

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