Where Things Come Back - Paperback

Where Things Come Back - Paperback

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Where Things Come Back - Paperback
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Where Things Come Back - Paperback

Where Things Come Back - Paperback

$12.99
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by John Corey Whaley (Author)

Winner of the 2012 Michael L. Printz and William C. Morris Awards, this poignant and hilarious story of loss and redemption "explores the process of grief, second chances, and even the meaning of life" (Kirkus Reviews).

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.

Author Biography

John Corey Whaley grew up in a small southern town. He has a BA from Louisiana Tech University and an MA in secondary English education. Where Things Come Back is his first novel.

Number of Pages: 272
Dimensions: 0.86 x 8.29 x 5.57 IN
Publication Date: July 24, 2012
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Where Things Come Back
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 5.7
Point Value: 9

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