A Sudden Silence
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Overview
"Will capture teens with its brisk pacing and crisply sketched characters."BOOKLIST
Jesse Harmon remembers the car speeding toward his brother Bry and himself in the night. He remembers screaming to his brother to get out of the way. But his brother was deaf and couldn't hear Jesse shout. The driver killed his brother and sped away. Now Jesse is filled with grief and guilt. And he and Bry's girlfriend Chloe, are determined to find the hit-and-run driver. But as they search, they begin to fall in love. Feeling even more guilty, Jesse is anxious to put his guilt and the senselessness of Bry's death to rest. But he doesn't count on the new problems finding the driver will bring....
Jesse Harmon searches for the hit and run driver who killed his brother Bry.
Synopsis
A shattering teen novel by Eve Bunting, now in a new paperback edition
Publishers Weekly
When Bry is killed by a hit-and-run driver, his brother Jesse faces seemingly endless pain. He grieves for his brother and struggles with overwhelming guilt and unanswerable questions, because he had been walking alongside the road with Bry when the drunk driver struck him. He wonders if he could have pulled his deaf brother, who could not have heard his shouts, out of harm's way. And he feels terrible because he was thinking about Chloe, Bry's girl, only seconds before the accident. That Jesse is still attracted to Chloe after Bry's death only augments his guilt. Determined to track down the drunken driver, Jesse's discoveries lead to more pain. Bunting conveys a strong anti-alcoholism message through an intriguing detective story; Jesse's search to understand what has occurred is realistically portrayed, and the novel ends with signs that he is beginning to accept his loss. Ages 12-up. (April)
Editorials
From the Publisher
"Intriguing."—Publishers Weekly"Fast paced, suspenseful, magnetic, and meaningful . . . Will provoke much discussion."—School Library Journal