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Rotters - Daniel Kraus, Kirby Heyborne
Rotters
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Grave-robbing. What kind of monster would do such a thing? It's true that Leonardo da Vinci did it, Shakespeare wrote about it, and the resurrection men of nineteenth-century Scotland practically made it an art. But none of this matters to Joey Crouch, a sixteen-year-old straight-A student living... show more
Grave-robbing. What kind of monster would do such a thing? It's true that Leonardo da Vinci did it, Shakespeare wrote about it, and the resurrection men of nineteenth-century Scotland practically made it an art. But none of this matters to Joey Crouch, a sixteen-year-old straight-A student living in Chicago with his single mom. For the most part, Joey's life is about playing the trumpet and avoiding the daily humiliations of high school.     Everything changes when Joey's mother dies in a tragic accident and he is sent to rural Iowa to live with the father he has never known, a strange, solitary man with unimaginable secrets. At first, Joey's father wants nothing to do with him, but once father and son come to terms with each other, Joey's life takes a turn both macabre and exhilarating.     Daniel Kraus's masterful plotting and unforgettable characters make Rotters a moving, terrifying, and unconventional epic about fathers and sons, complex family ties, taboos, and the ever-present specter of mortality.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN: 9780307941817 (0307941817)
Publisher: Listening Library (Audio)
Edition language: English
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Portable Magic
Portable Magic rated it
2.0 Rotters ★★☆☆☆ (DNF)
Nope nope nope. I just can't do this. There's no teenaged angsty romance (yet) but the misfit boy teenaged angst emanating from this book reeks like sweaty gym socks and Axe Body Spray. The bad guys are all cartoonishly bad, and the actual monsters haven't even appeared yet. And I did try. I've suff...
Jenny's Book Bag
Jenny's Book Bag rated it
3.0 Rotters
“People don’t see as much as you think.”I just didn’t find this story as impressive as some people did, which is why I gave it three stars.Joey Crouch is a sixteen year old who lives with his mother in Chicago until his mother dies in a car accident. He’s sent to Iowa to live with his father, but he...
Jenny's Book Bag
Jenny's Book Bag rated it
3.0 Rotters
“People don’t see as much as you think.”I just didn’t find this story as impressive as some people did, which is why I gave it three stars.Joey Crouch is a sixteen year old who lives with his mother in Chicago until his mother dies in a car accident. He’s sent to Iowa to live with his father, but he...
beishir
beishir rated it
5.0 Rotters
After the sudden death of his mother, fifteen year old Joey Crouch is sent to live with his estranged father in small-town Iowa where his father's status as "Garbageman" makes Joey a high school pariah. Curious, Joey discovers his father's true employment and embraces it despite its macabre nature.I...
Bark at the Ghouls
Bark at the Ghouls rated it
4.0 Rotters by Daniel Kraus (audiobook)
Do yourself a favor and do not read the synopsis for this book. It’s hard to avoid. I accidentally did it myself when I added this book to my virtual shelf. For some reason, marketing decided to spoil the first part of the book in the very first words of their blurb. I can only guess at why they did...
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