In the Path of Falling Objects
by:
Andrew Smith (author)
Jonah and his younger brother, Simon, are on their own. All they have left in the world is ten dollars, a backpack full of dirty clothes, and a stack of letters from their older brother, who’s fighting in the war. They’re on their way to Arizona when they catch a ride from a couple. The girl is...
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Jonah and his younger brother, Simon, are on their own. All they have left in the world is ten dollars, a backpack full of dirty clothes, and a stack of letters from their older brother, who’s fighting in the war. They’re on their way to Arizona when they catch a ride from a couple. The girl is friendly—and beautiful. But the man is different, maybe dangerous, maybe deadly. It’s a good thing Jonah and Simon packed one more thing in their bag . . . a gun.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312659295 (0312659296)
Publish date: October 12th 2010
Publisher: Square Fish
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Teen,
Travel,
Survival,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Suspense,
Young Adult Contemporary,
Road Trip
Courtesy of Smash Attack ReadsFirst Impressions: "Our brother fell apart in the war.Mother fell apart after that.Then we had to leave." Wow. This book opens up on a bleak scenario. Simon and Jonah are up shits creek, so to speak. Ma is gone, dad is incarcerated, older brother, Matthew, is in Vietna...
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