The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried
Shaun David Hutchinson$16.99
$19.99
A Hypable Most Anticipated Queer YA Book of 2019
A Book Riot YA Book to Add to Your Winter TBR and Most Anticipated 2019 LGBTQ Read
A BookBub Best Teen Book Coming Out in 2019
A YALSA 2020 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
"A fearless and brutal look at friendships...you will laugh, rage, and mourn its loss when it's over." --Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation
"Simultaneously hilarious and moving, weird and wonderful." --Jeff Zentner, Morris Award-winning author of The Serpent King Six Feet Under meets Pushing Daisies in this quirky, heartfelt story about two teens who are granted extra time to resolve what was left unfinished after one of them suddenly dies. A good friend will bury your body, a best friend will dig you back up. Dino doesn't mind spending time with the dead. His parents own a funeral home, and death is literally the family business. He's just not used to them talking back. Until Dino's ex-best friend July dies suddenly--and then comes back to life. Except not exactly. Somehow July is not quite alive, and not quite dead. As Dino and July attempt to figure out what's happening, they must also confront why and how their friendship ended so badly, and what they have left to understand about themselves, each other, and all those grand mysteries of life. Critically acclaimed author Shaun Hutchinson delivers another wholly unique novel blending the real and surreal while reminding all of us what it is to love someone through and around our faults.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 02/19/2019
ISBN: 9781481498579
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.10d
Review Citations: Booklist 10/15/2018 pg. 51
School Library Journal 02/01/2019 pg. 73
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2018
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2018
Publishers Weekly 12/17/2018
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2019 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2019 pg. 84
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 506959 / Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried
Reading Level: 4.9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 10
A Book Riot YA Book to Add to Your Winter TBR and Most Anticipated 2019 LGBTQ Read
A BookBub Best Teen Book Coming Out in 2019
A YALSA 2020 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
"A fearless and brutal look at friendships...you will laugh, rage, and mourn its loss when it's over." --Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation
"Simultaneously hilarious and moving, weird and wonderful." --Jeff Zentner, Morris Award-winning author of The Serpent King Six Feet Under meets Pushing Daisies in this quirky, heartfelt story about two teens who are granted extra time to resolve what was left unfinished after one of them suddenly dies. A good friend will bury your body, a best friend will dig you back up. Dino doesn't mind spending time with the dead. His parents own a funeral home, and death is literally the family business. He's just not used to them talking back. Until Dino's ex-best friend July dies suddenly--and then comes back to life. Except not exactly. Somehow July is not quite alive, and not quite dead. As Dino and July attempt to figure out what's happening, they must also confront why and how their friendship ended so badly, and what they have left to understand about themselves, each other, and all those grand mysteries of life. Critically acclaimed author Shaun Hutchinson delivers another wholly unique novel blending the real and surreal while reminding all of us what it is to love someone through and around our faults.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 02/19/2019
ISBN: 9781481498579
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.10d
Review Citations: Booklist 10/15/2018 pg. 51
School Library Journal 02/01/2019 pg. 73
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2018
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2018
Publishers Weekly 12/17/2018
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2019 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2019 pg. 84
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 506959 / Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried
Reading Level: 4.9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 10