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Bright Shining World

By Josh Swiller

By Josh Swiller

By Josh Swiller

By Josh Swiller

By Josh Swiller

By Josh Swiller

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Nov 24, 2020 | ISBN 9780593119570 | Young Adult

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    About Bright Shining World

    A darkly funny thriller about one boy’s attempt to unravel the mysterious phenomenon affecting students in his new town, as he finds a way to resist sinister forces and pursue hope for them all.

    Wallace Cole is perpetually moving against his will. His father has some deeply important job with an energy company that he refuses to explain to Wallace who is, shall we say, suspicious. Not that his father ever listens to him. Just as Wallace is getting settled into a comfortable life in Kentucky, his father lets him know they need to immediately depart for a new job in a small town in Upstate New York which has recently been struck by an outbreak of inexplicable hysterics–an outbreak which is centered at the high school Wallace will attend.

    In the new town, go from disturbing to worse: trees appear to be talking to people; a school bully, the principal, and the town police force take an instant dislike to Wallace; and the student body president is either falling for him or slipping into the enveloping darkness. Bright Shining World is a novel of resistance, of young people finding hope and courage and community in a collapsing world.

    About Bright Shining World

    A darkly funny thriller about one boy’s attempt to unravel the mysterious phenomenon affecting students in his new town, as he finds a way to resist sinister forces and pursue hope for them all.

    Wallace Cole is perpetually moving against his will. His father has some deeply important job with an energy company that he refuses to explain to Wallace who is, shall we say, suspicious. Not that his father ever listens to him. Just as Wallace is getting settled into a comfortable life in Kentucky, his father lets him know they need to immediately depart for a new job in a small town in Upstate New York which has recently been struck by an outbreak of inexplicable hysterics–an outbreak which is centered at the high school Wallace will attend.

    In the new town, go from disturbing to worse: trees appear to be talking to people; a school bully, the principal, and the town police force take an instant dislike to Wallace; and the student body president is either falling for him or slipping into the enveloping darkness. Bright Shining World is a novel of resistance, of young people finding hope and courage and community in a collapsing world.

    About Bright Shining World

    A darkly funny thriller about one boy’s attempt to unravel the mysterious phenomenon affecting students in his new town, as he finds a way to resist sinister forces and pursue hope for them all.

    Wallace Cole is perpetually moving against his will. His father has some deeply important job with an energy company that he refuses to explain to Wallace who is, shall we say, suspicious. Not that his father ever listens to him. Just as Wallace is getting settled into a comfortable life in Kentucky, his father lets him know they need to immediately depart for a new job in a small town in Upstate New York which has recently been struck by an outbreak of inexplicable hysterics–an outbreak which is centered at the high school Wallace will attend.

    In the new town, go from disturbing to worse: trees appear to be talking to people; a school bully, the principal, and the town police force take an instant dislike to Wallace; and the student body president is either falling for him or slipping into the enveloping darkness. Bright Shining World is a novel of resistance, of young people finding hope and courage and community in a collapsing world.

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    About Josh Swiller

    Josh Swiller is the New York Times bestselling author of The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa. He lives in Ithaca, New York.

    About Josh Swiller

    Josh Swiller is the New York Times bestselling author of The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa. He lives in Ithaca, New York.

    About Josh Swiller

    Josh Swiller is the New York Times bestselling author of The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa. He lives in Ithaca, New York.

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Science Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Nov 24, 2020 | 304 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593119570

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Science Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Hardcover | $20.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Nov 24, 2020 | 304 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593119587

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Science Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Teen & Young Adult Fiction

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Nov 24, 2020 | 304 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593119594

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    Praise

    “A unique and wonderful gut-punch of a novel…. Our scary complicated world needs this bright shining book.” —Lance Rubin, author of Crying Laughing and Denton Little’s Deathdate 
     
    “Brilliant, stunning, and wonderful. I absolutely loved it…. Just… wow!” —Andrew Smith, award-winning author of Grasshopper Jungle

    Awards

    Green Earth Book Award WINNER 2021

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