- Death, Censorship, Juvenile Fiction, Elective Mutism
Eddie hasn't had an easy year.First his father dies. Then his best friend Billy accidentally kicks a stack of Sheetrock over on himself, breaking his neck and effectively hitting tilt on his Earthgame. Eddie and Billy were inseparable. Still are. Billy isn't going to let a little thing like death stop him from hanging in there with his friend. And when Eddie faces an epic struggle with the powers that be, Billy will remain right there beside him.
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Contemporary, spare, grave and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Chris Crutcher
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 243
- Publisher
- HarperCollins, Thorndike Press, Greenwillow Books
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780786280919
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