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Description
From Carnegie Award-winning author Sarah Crossan comes a poignant and thought-provoking novel that explores life, sibling bonds, and forgiveness as a teen tries to reconnect with his brother on death row for a crime he may not have committed.
Seventeen-year-old Joe hasn't seen his brother in ten years. Ed didn't walk out on the family, not exactly. It's something more brutal.
Ed's locked up -- on death row.
Now his execution date has been set, and the clock is ticking. Joe is determined to spend those last weeks with his brother, no matter what other people think ... and no matter whether Ed committed the crime. But did he? And does it matter, in the end?
This poignant, timely, heartbreaking novel asks big questions: What value do you place on life? What can you forgive? And just how do you say goodbye?
Acclaim for Sarah Crossan
2016 Carnegie Award winner, One
Shortlisted for the 2016 FCBG Book Award, Apple and Rain
Shortlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Award, Apple and Rain
Shortlisted for the 2013 Carnegie Award, The Weight of Water
Product details
| Published | 08 May 2018 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | 9781681193670 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Children's Books |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Devastating … Any reader with a heart will weep buckets
Sunday Times, Book of the Week
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Mistrust, forgiveness and the premeditated stripping away of a future, distorting many other lives in unfathomable ways, are communicated through Crossan's spare, expressive free verse, with understated, heart-breaking clarity
Guardian
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Impossible to put down – its agonising and informative plot, along with the poetry of the writing, makes for a powerful story that should appeal to anyone over 13 with a heart and a love for storytelling … Deep, light, witty and authentic
The Times
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An outstanding and daring achievement … Bravely tackles the issue of capital punishment, putting an all too human face on the protagonists
Irish Examiner
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Brilliant … An affecting story about the power of sibling love … One of the most important writers of YA fiction around
Times Educational Supplement
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Powerful
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