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Compound fracture / Andrew Joseph White.
Van Pelt Library PZ7.1.W4418 Co 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Andrew Joseph, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autistic youth--Juvenile fiction.
- Autistic youth.
- Sexual minority youth--Juvenile fiction.
- Sexual minority youth.
- Trans youth--Juvenile fiction.
- Trans youth.
- Trans men--Juvenile fiction.
- Trans men.
- Small cities--West Virginia--Juvenile fiction.
- Small cities.
- Corruption--Juvenile fiction.
- Corruption.
- Vendetta--Juvenile fiction.
- Vendetta.
- Attempted murder--Juvenile fiction.
- Attempted murder.
- Generational trauma--Juvenile fiction.
- Generational trauma.
- Rural poor--Juvenile fiction.
- Rural poor.
- Power (Social sciences)--Juvenile fiction.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Appalachian Region--Juvenile fiction.
- Appalachian Region.
- Trans people--Juvenile fiction.
- Trans people.
- City and town life--Juvenile fiction.
- City and town life.
- West Virginia--Juvenile fiction.
- West Virginia.
- Vendetta--Fiction.
- Corruption--Fiction.
- City and town life--Fiction.
- Transgender people--Fiction.
- LGBTQ+ people--Fiction.
- Appalachian Region--Fiction.
- West Virginia--Fiction.
- LGBTQ+ people.
- LGBTQ+ youth.
- Genre:
- Young adult fiction.
- LGBTQ+ fiction.
- Transgender fiction.
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Political fiction.
- Novels.
- LGBTQ+ literature
- Physical Description:
- 371 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta, Georgia : Peachtree Teen, [2024]
- Summary:
- "A queer Appalachian thriller that pulls no punches--following a trans autistic teen who's drawn into the generational struggle between the rural poor and those who exploit them. On the night Miles Abernathy--sixteen-year-old socialist and proud West Virginian--comes out as trans to his parents, he sneaks off to a party, carrying evidence that may finally turn the tide of the blood feud plaguing Twist Creek: Photos that prove the county's Sheriff Davies was responsible for the so-called "accident" that injured his dad, killed others, and crushed their grassroots efforts to unseat him. The feud began a hundred years ago when Miles's great-great-grandfather, Saint Abernathy, incited a miners' rebellion that ended with a public execution at the hands of law enforcement. Now, Miles becomes the feud's latest victim as the sheriff's son and his friends sniff out the evidence, follow him through the woods, and beat him nearly to death. In the hospital, the ghost of a soot-covered man hovers over Miles's bedside while Sheriff Davies threatens Miles into silence. But when Miles accidently kills one of the boys who hurt him, he learns of other folks in Twist Creek who want out from under the sheriff's heel. To free their families from this cycle of cruelty, they're willing to put everything on the line--is Miles? A visceral, unabashedly political page-turner that won't let you go until you've reached the end, Compound Fracture is not for the faint of heart, but it is for every reader who's ready to fight for a better world. Hand this story to teens pushing for radical change." -- Provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9781682636121
- 1682636127
- OCLC:
- 1433149590
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