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A New York Times Notable BookAn Amazon Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearNamed to BuzzFeed's "Best YA Books of 2016" list!"Move over, John Green; Zentner is coming for you." - The New York Public Library"Will fill the infinite space that was left in your chest after you finished The Perks of Being a Wallflower." - BookRiot.com Dill has had to wrestle with vipers his whole life - at home, as the only son of a Pentecostal minister who urges him to handle poisonous rattlesnakes, and at school, where he faces down bullies who target him for his father's extreme faith and very public fall from grace. The only antidote to all this venom is his friendship with fellow outcasts Travis and Lydia.
About the Author
Jeff Zentner lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He came to writing through music, starting his creative life as a guitarist and eventually becoming a songwriter. He's released five albums and appeared on recordings with Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Thurston Moore, Debbie Harry, Mark Lanegan, and Lydia Lunch, among others.Now he writes novels for young adults. He became interested in writing for young adults after volunteering at the Tennessee Teen Rock Camp and Southern Girls Rock Camp. As a kid, his parents would take him to the library and drop him off, where he would read until closing time. He worked at various bookstores through high school and college.He speaks fluent Portuguese, having lived in the Amazon region of Brazil for two years.Likes:The words and (and concepts) "murmur," "petrichor," and "feuillemort"GuitarsThe American SouthHigh-quality cable television dramasAutumnBaby elephantsCast-iron skilletsHoneysuckle bushesDislikes:WaspsMan's inhumanity to man
