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I just read a great book called Wildman by JC Geiger.About Count All Her Bones, from the publisher:
“Geiger” is German for violin, and JC Geiger plays the reader like an instrument in this marvelous first novel. The book is about Lance Hendricks, high school senior, who has a mantra he repeats any time he has doubts:You are valedictorian.Lance is driving 370 miles home to what promises to be the best night of his life, an epic graduation party where he will finally get to spend the night with Miriam. But then his ’93 Buick breaks down in the middle of nowhere, the kind of place Lance, who is a worrier, thinks probably has meth labs and Bigfoot. Not only does he end up missing...[read on]
You are the first-chair trumpet player.
You have a full-ride scholarship.
Miriam Seavers is in love with you.
April Henry masterminds another edge-of-your-seat thriller in this much-anticipated sequel to Girl, Stolen.Learn more about the book and author at April Henry's website and blog.
Six months ago, Griffin Sawyer meant to steal a car, but he never meant to steal the girl asleep in the backseat. Panicked, he took her home. His father, Roy, decided to hold Cheyenne—who is blind—for ransom. Griffin helped her escape, and now Roy is awaiting trial. As they prepare to testify, Griffin and Cheyenne reconnect and make plans to meet. But the plan goes wrong and Cheyenne gets captured by Roy’s henchmen—this time for the kill. Can Cheyenne free herself? And is Griffin a pawn or a player in this deadly chase?
April Henry masterminds another edge-of-your-seat thriller in Count All Her Bones.
My Book, The Movie: Girl, Stolen.
The Page 69 Test: The Body in the Woods.
The Page 69 Test: Blood Will Tell.
Writers Read: April Henry.
--Marshal Zeringue