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“Wolf’s dynamic, multifaceted characters come vividly alive through their distinct speaking voices, and their struggle to come to terms with not only their guilt but the senselessness of the universe is deeply affecting.” — Booklist (starred review) Everybody in the small town of Goldsburg, Virginia, likes Chris Goodman, which makes it especially shocking when he’s murdered. Here, in a stunning multi-voiced narrative — including the perspective of the fifteen-year-old killer — and based on a true and terrible crime that occurred when the author was in high school, Allan Wolf sets out to answer the first question that comes to mind in moments of unthinkable tragedy: How could a thing like this happen?

About the Author :
Allan Wolf is the author of several picture books, poetry books, and young adult novels, including The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party, The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic, Who Killed Christopher Goodman?, and Zane’s Trace. He lives in Roanoke, Virginia with his wife and three children.

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Wolf's dynamic, multifaceted characters come vividly alive through their distinct speaking voices, and their struggle to come to terms with not only their guilt but the senselessness of the universe is deeply affecting. Artful, thoughtful, and utterly captivating. --Booklist (starred review) Wolf uses these unique formats to excellent effect to create a gripping mystery as well as a thoughtful character study in which the six teens grapple with their actions on the night of the murder and their blame, if any, in Christopher Goodman's death. Recommended for most YA collections, this fast-paced novel will appeal to reluctant readers as well as fans of mystery and suspense. --School Library Journal (starred review) This is a thoughtful, remarkably well done novel that must have percolated in the author's mind for years: It is based on a murder in the author's own history, but limiting its audience to the true crime section would be its own crime. This novel should reach an audience as broad as its cast, and find fans just as widespread. --VOYA As several teens band together to play a revenge prank against an adult they've nicknamed "Mr. Self-Righteous," the final climactic pieces of the plot fall into place, leaving students haunted by Pelf 's senseless act of random violence. --The Horn Book In this novel in multiple voices, Wolf returns to an episode from his youth--the murder of a high school neighbor--with an eye toward probing the sadness, confusion, and vague guilt of the teens who knew the victim...tangled interrelationships among the teens are thoroughly believable, and readers will find plenty of intrigue in their aggregated points of view. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Shifting perspective among several teens who interacted with Christopher in the days leading up to the festival, Wolf weaves a tense story of shared grief and guilt...A spare yet powerful account of a teenager's influence on his community and the rippling aftereffects of his death. --Publishers Weekly Written in poems and narrative, this unique novel displays a good understanding of human behavior and will appeal to readers who enjoyed Who Killed Mr. Chippendale? (Puffin Books, 1996) and those who appreciate suspense. --School Library Connection A heartfelt, intricate examination of what underlies human behavior. --Kirkus Reviews


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781536208771
  • Publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S.
  • Publisher Imprint: Candlewick Press,U.S.
  • Height: 210 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 264 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1536208779
  • Publisher Date: 06 Aug 2019
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Width: 140 mm


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