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In a single night - graduation night - Thomas has to decide: do what everyone has always expected of him, or forge an entirely new path? Bryan Blisss absorbing examination of one boy struggling with expectations and realities will appeal to readers of Sara Zarr and Chris Crutcher.Thomas is supposed to leave for the Army in the morning. His father was Army. His brother, Jake, is Army - is a hero, even, with the medals to prove it. Everyone expects Thomas to follow in that fine tradition. But Jake came back from overseas a completely different person, and that has shaken Thomass certainty about his own future. And so when his long-estranged friend Mallory suggests one last night of adventure, Thomas takes her up on the distraction. Over the course of this single night, Thomas will lose, find, resolve, doubt, drive, explore, and leap off a bridge. Hell also face the truth of his brothers post-traumatic stress disorder and of his own courage. In Bryan Blisss deft hands, graduation night becomes a night to find yourself, to find each other, to find a path, and to know that you always have a place - and people - to come back to.
About the Author
Bryan Bliss is the author of the National Book Award longlist title We'll Fly Away, as well as Thoughts & Prayers, Meet Me Here, and No Parking at the End Times. He holds master's degrees in theology and fiction and has worked as a curriculum designer and developer and as a youth pastor. His nonfiction has been published in Image Journal, along with various other newspapers, magazines, and blogs. He lives with his family in St. Paul, Minnesota.
