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“A marvelous debut…has everything a big, thick novel should have, and I hated to put it down.” — John Grisham
“A page-turner.” — New York Times Book Review
For readers of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, this is a dramatic and deeply moving novel about an act of violence in a small Appalachian town and the repercussions that will forever change a young man’s view of human cruelty and compassion.
After seeing the death of his younger brother in a terrible home accident, fourteen-year-old Kevin and his grieving mother are sent for the summer to live with Kevin’s grandfather. In this town of Medgar, Kentucky, a peeled-paint coal town deep in Appalachia, Kevin quickly falls in with a half-wild hollow kid named Buzzy Fink who schools him in the mysteries and magnificence of the woods.
The town is beset by a massive mountaintop removal operation that is blowing up the hills and back filling the hollows. Kevin’s grandfather and others in town attempt to rally the citizens against the “company” and its powerful owner to stop the plunder of their mountain heritage. But when Buzzy witnesses a brutal hate crime, a sequence is set in play that will test Buzzy and Kevin to their absolute limits in an epic struggle for survival in the Kentucky mountains.
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing; Reprint edition (January 5, 2016)
Language : English
Paperback : 496 pages
ISBN-10 : 1455551910
ISBN-13 : 978-1455551910
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 5.38 x 1.13 x 8.13 inches
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Customers enjoyed the book’s writing quality and pacing. They found the storyline engaging and complex, with many adventures that shaped their lives. The characters were well-developed and warm, with emotional strength coming through clearly. The emotional content was intense, with tears being shed by events.
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