***The Astonishing Color of After* meets *Eleanor & Park* in this breathtaking and beautifully surreal story about a friendship between two teens that just might shake the earth around them or at the very least make them face some painful truths about the nature of what drives us apart...and what br
The Last Boy and Girl in the World
β Scribed by Siobhan Vivian
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 464 KB
- Edition
- First edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1481452312
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β¦ Synopsis
From the critically acclaimed author of The List comes a stunning new novel about a girl who must say goodbye to everything she knows after a storm wreaks havoc on her hometown.
Aberdeen is drowning.
Keeley Hewitt always has a joke to crack. Except there is nothing funny about her life right now. Her hometown of Aberdeen has always been known for flooding, but after one last terrible storm, the entire town has been told they must evacuate by the end of the summer...for good.
How will she say goodbye to everything and everyone she has ever known?
Most of the Aberdeen residents happily take the generous payout and look forward to starting over someplace new. But Keeley's dad isn't swayed by the overtures of officials or the sheriff's threats. He refuses to evacuate their family, and Keeley goes from being the funny girl in school, to the last girl in Aberdeen.
As the town empties out, two boys compete for her heart. One is a boy...
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