Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
This book just won the 2012 Michael L. Prinz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature.
I haven't gotten to the book yet, but the very first sentence reads: I was seventeen years old when I saw my first dead body. Now that's an attention getter.
Have you read it? Did you like it? Let us know!
Interested in seeing the books that made the Honor List?
- Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket)
- The Returning by Christine Hinwood
- Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey
- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
