What the Houses Left Behind
Veronica Huber · A witty contemporary YA novel of school pecking orders, slow-burn romance and hard-won belonging
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About this book
Teenagers have 42 days to dismantle a doomed house and decide what its pieces are worth in this sharp contemporary YA story of friendship and belonging.
Sixteen-year-old John Wright arrives in an Austin suburb and finds Dry Creek High ruled by rooms and invitations that keep an outsider at the edge. Dismantling a condemned model home gives John a way in: his knack for turning salvaged pieces into something new wins friends, attention and a foothold in homecoming culture. But every board has only one use, and the private lounge behind John’s rise takes material intended to provide community shade, forcing him to reckon with what belonging has cost.
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Paperback: 228 pages
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- Author
- Veronica Huber
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- 65,975 words
- Estimated reading time
- 4 hours, 24 minutes
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- Book language
- English
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