By Jeff Zentner
Hardback
369 pages
Realistic Fiction
This novel came in one of my previous Owlcrates.
The three protagonists, living in a small southern town, are all social outcasts to various degrees. Travis is tall and weird; he reads fantasy, wears a dragon necklace, and would carry a staff everywhere if he could. Dill is the son of a preacher who was arrested and the grandson of a mechanic who went crazy. Lydia doesn't fit the common perceptions of beauty in the town, plus she has a snarky mouth and an attitude of condescension about her classmates.
All of them have personal challenges and struggles that they have to overcome. They need to figure out what they want from life and whether (and how) to get of of town and escape their destiny.
The characters are well written and the plot is easy to follow while containing a few surprises.
I liked the book although I found it initially hard to get into on the heels of all of the fantasy I've been reading lately. It even made me tear up!
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