The Smell of Other People's Houses

The Smell of Other People's Houses

Longlisted for the 2017 CILIP Carnegie Medal.Â

Longlisted for the 2016 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.Â

"Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock's Alaska is beautiful and wholly unfamiliar.... A thrilling, arresting debut." --Gayle Forman, New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay and I Was Here
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"[A] singular debut. . . . Â [Hitchcock] weav[es] the alternating voices of four young people into a seamless and continually surprising story of risk, love, redemption, catastrophe, and sacrifice." --The Wall Street Journal
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This deeply moving and authentic debut set in 1970s Alaska is for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and Benjamin Alire Saenz. Intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation on the edge of America's Last Frontier introduce a writer of rare talent.
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Ruth has a secret that she can't hide forever. Dora wonders if she can ever truly escape where she comes from, even when good luck strikes. Alyce is trying to reconcile her desire to dance, with the life she's always known on her family's fishing boat. Hank and his brothers decide it's safer to run away than to stay home--until one of them ends up in terrible danger.
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Four very different lives are about to become entangled. This unforgettable book is about people who try to save each other--and how sometimes, when they least expect it, they succeed.
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"Hitchcock's debut resonates with the timeless quality of a classic. This is a fascinating character study--a poetic interweaving of rural isolation and coming-of-age." --John Corey Whaley, award-winning author of Where Things Come Back and Highly Illogical Behavior
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"As an Alaskan herself, Bonnie Sue Hitchcock is able to bring alive this town, and this group of poor teens and their families that live there." --Bustle.com
Country USA
Brand Wendy Lamb Books
Manufacturer Wendy Lamb Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber part_0553497782
Color Navy
ReleaseDate 2016-02-23
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780553497786

Country	USA
Brand	Wendy Lamb Books
Manufacturer	Wendy Lamb Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	part_0553497782
Color	Navy
ReleaseDate	2016-02-23
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780553497786

The Smell of Other People's Houses

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