What the Houses Left Behind
Veronica Huber · A witty contemporary YA novel of outsider life, status and belonging
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About this book
During homecoming season, the most coveted invitation at John’s new Texas school is a private lounge he fashions from a condemned show house.
Sixteen-year-old John Wright is new to an Austin suburb and shut out of the social life at Dry Creek High. When a youth crew begins dismantling a doomed model home, his flair for reuse turns cast-offs into friendships, attention and a route into homecoming culture. Yet the room that lifts his standing uses materials intended to provide shade for people who need it more. As the crew splinters, John must choose whether to protect what made him visible or take it apart.
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Paperback: 228 pages
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- Author
- Veronica Huber
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- 65,975 words
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- 4 hours, 24 minutes
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- English
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