ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK -------- This book has won its debut author a number of awards in America, and it is a worthy winner. Cullen Witter is in his final year of high school. His small hometown Lily, Arkansas, is dull and ordinary and like many a teenager he wants more. While he's academically gifted, his younger brother Gabriel is not only intelligent, but open-hearted, content and believes nothing evil about others. Which makes his sudden disappeareance all the more inexplicable. As the Witter family deals with the uncertainty of his fate, the town fills up with birdwatchers chasing the sighting of the Lazarus Woodpecker, a bird thought extinct for decades. Weaving in and out of this storyline is the search of a young college student for the destiny of humankind, an obsession that grows out of an apocryphal book of the Ethiopan Orthodox bible. This is a great read, the characters and their struggles are both real and believable, and the clever narrative line keeps the reader intrigued. One of those young adult novels with wider appeal. Lindy
By:
Whaley Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 140mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 235g ISBN:9781442413344 ISBN 10: 1442413344 Pages: 256 Publication Date:01 September 2012 Recommended Age: From 14 years Audience:
Young adult
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Preschool (0-5)
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Where Things Come Back
Every now and then a book rises to the top. Where Things Come Back soars. Keep your eye on author Corey Whaley. That is, if you can see the stratosphere. --Ellen Hopkins, New York Times bestselling author of the Crank Trilogy