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What the Houses Left Behind

Veronica Huber · He can build his way into any room—until he sees who has been left outside.

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Salvaged building materials give John a way into Texas high school society. Then the room that wins him friends costs his community the shade it needs.

Newly arrived in an Austin suburb, sixteen-year-old John Wright discovers that social life at Dry Creek High is built around rooms he has never been invited into. A condemned model home offers another route in: help dismantle it, and its castoffs can become anything the youth crew agrees to make. John's eye for reuse earns him friends, attention, and a place at the center of homecoming culture. But the private lounge that crowns his ascent consumes materials meant to create shade for people who need it more than his classmates need spectacle. When his choices fracture the crew and expose the cost of his ambition, John must decide whether to defend the work that made him visible or take it apart piece by piece. What the Houses Left Behind is a funny, tactile, emotionally honest coming-of-age novel about belonging, shared authorship, and learning that repair begins with relinquishment.

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Author
Veronica Huber
Length
65,975 words
Estimated reading time
4 hours, 24 minutes
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Book language
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