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Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
3.0

It's been awhile since I've read a coming of age novel and I wanted to catch up on some Printz award winners. Where Things Come Back is a gritty, hypnotic read with two seemingly unrelated narratives that come together in a rather shocking way. I was sucked in, and really loved that the book is told from each character's perspective; my favorite being the central character Cullen Witter, who uses the term 'ass-hat' in such an endearing way almost every other sentence.