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WHERE THINGS COME BACK

Where Things Come Back
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Whaley
Author's First Name: 
John Corey
Publisher: 
Atheneum
Publication Month: 
May
Publication Date: 
2011
2013 Nomination (not yet selected): 

Cullen's younger brother has disappeared. And in the town of Lily, Arkansas the endangered Lazarus woodpecker (Remember the book Race To Save the Lord God Bird?) is getting more publicity than the search for Gabriel. In a separate storyline, a missionary deals with the ancient Book of Enoch. This debut author connects it all together at the end of this thriller and gives the reader much to think about. Fourteen and Up.  Blair Christolon

In Arkansas, Cullen’s younger brother has vanished, and an extinct woodpecker’s reappearance is getting all the publicity. Meanwhile, in Ethiopia, a missionary discovers the Book of Enoch, a whole new chapter to the Bible.  Debut author Whaley melds these parallel plots, multiple voices, and varied themes into a thrilling resolution.

Comments

Meeting Notes for December

by ladamson - 12/12/2011 - 1:02pm

Meeting Notes for December 9

Positive Comments:

  • This new author pulls together three separate topics at the end of the story so slowly and gracefully that the reader does not see the resolution beforehand.
  • The amazing structure of the book creates characters interacting with each other appropriately throughout the entire book.

Observations

  • The cover is unattractive.

Concerns:

  • None stated.