Read Between the Lines

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Call Number: Teen Fiction / Knowles, Johanna
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen Fiction / Knowles, Johanna	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Thanks to a bully in gym class, unpopular Nate suffers a broken finger--the middle one, splinted to flip off the world. It won't be the last time a middle finger is raised on this day. Dreamer Claire envisions herself sitting in an artsy café, filling a journal, but fate has other plans. One cheerleader dates a closeted basketball star; another questions just how, as a "big girl," she fits in. A group of boys scam drivers for beer money without remorse--or so it seems. Over the course of a single day, these voices and others speak loud and clear about the complex dance that is life in a small town. They resonate in a gritty and unflinching portrayal of a day like any other, with ordinary traumas, heartbreak, and revenge. But on any given day, the line where presentation and perception meet is a tenuous one, so hard to discern. Unless, of course, one looks a little closer--and reads between the lines.-- (Source of description not identified)

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Vignettes submitted by pamhockey25 on July 25, 2022, 1:53pm Interesting telling of several different events that take place over the course of a single day. Quick read, and all the events seem to center around the middle finger. There are ten chapters, each narrated by a different character all living in the same town. What lies beneath the surface?