- guilt, depression, drinking and driving, suicide
The death of high school basketball star Rob Washington in an automobile accident affects the lives of his close friend, Andy, who was driving the car, and many others in the school.
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Earnest, grave, contemporary and classical in form.
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- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Sharon M. Draper
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 180
- Publisher
- Atheneum, Aladdin Paperbacks
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780689806988
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