this was finally a kidlit blog meme I could get behind. Breaking the Spine hosts the event, so check it out if you want to add even more books to your ever growing To Be Read pile. 
Luke was not eager to accompany his best friend, Hayden, and the cocky new kid, Russell, up to the cliff that night. The plan was to watch Russell jump off the cliff into the lake--his initiation to the Briar Academy fencing team. But instead, after an angry confrontation with Hayden, Russell falls to his death.
Now Hayden is in jail and the pressure is on Luke to report what he saw. But what did he see? An accident--or a murder? Luke has always followed Hayden's lead, but this is one decision he'll be forced to make on his own. And to do it, he must face the truth about his friendship with Hayden and his own painful past.
This suspenseful and scandalous tale of rivalry, peer pressure, and finding the courage to take responsibility will have an impact on readers long after the last page.
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I'm most excited about the fact that this author is a 19 year old sophomore at Dartmouth College. I love when actual young adults write and publish young adult novels. What an achievement!
I received the ARC just last Friday and it is burning a hole in my bag, begging for me to read it. Anticipate a review sometime before 2009 has its final say.
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4 comments:
Great pick...so glad you're participating! Happy Thanksgiving!
What an achievement for him is right, wow. Sounds good
Here is mine
http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2009/11/2010-published-date-books-already-on.html
Making books like this (and Eragon, and The Outsiders - cough, I was expecting you to mention it, cough :)), and of course a lot of fanfic, in some ways the only "true" young adult literature - in the same sense that street rhymes are the only true children's literature (taught by children to other children).
I feel the same way. Love seeing young writers get published. Plus, it sounds like a really good book. Will be looking forward to the review. :)
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