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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkin's comes a new heartbreakingly tender middle grade novel-in-verse about the bonds between two brothers and the love they share.
Twelve-year-old Trace Reynolds has always looked up to his brother, mostly because Will, who's five years older, never looked down on him. It was Will who taught Trace to ride a bike, would watch sports on TV with him, and cheer him on at the ski slopes. But when Will was knocked out cold during a football game, resulting in a brain injury-everything changed. Now, sixteen months later, their family is still living under the weight of "the incident," that left Will with a facial tic, depression, and an anger he cannot always control, culminating in their parents' divorce. Afraid of further fracturing his family, Trace begins to cover for Will as he escalates to stealing money and ditching school. But when the brother he loves so much becomes more and more withdrawn, Trace realizes some secrets cannot be kept if we ever hope to heal. Ellen Hopkins is a former journalist and the award-winning author of twenty nonfiction books for young readers, fourteen bestselling young-adult novels, and four novels for adult readers. With Closer to Nowhere, she is honored to enter the realm of middle-grade fiction. Ellen lives with her extended family, one brilliant German shepherd, a retired rescue cat, and two ponds (not pounds) of koi in the eastern shadow of the Northern Nevada Sierra.
Twelve-year-old Trace Reynolds has always looked up to his brother, mostly because Will, who's five years older, never looked down on him. It was Will who taught Trace to ride a bike, would watch sports on TV with him, and cheer him on at the ski slopes. But when Will was knocked out cold during a football game, resulting in a brain injury-everything changed. Now, sixteen months later, their family is still living under the weight of "the incident," that left Will with a facial tic, depression, and an anger he cannot always control, culminating in their parents' divorce. Afraid of further fracturing his family, Trace begins to cover for Will as he escalates to stealing money and ditching school. But when the brother he loves so much becomes more and more withdrawn, Trace realizes some secrets cannot be kept if we ever hope to heal. Ellen Hopkins is a former journalist and the award-winning author of twenty nonfiction books for young readers, fourteen bestselling young-adult novels, and four novels for adult readers. With Closer to Nowhere, she is honored to enter the realm of middle-grade fiction. Ellen lives with her extended family, one brilliant German shepherd, a retired rescue cat, and two ponds (not pounds) of koi in the eastern shadow of the Northern Nevada Sierra.