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The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner
4.0

Three teens starting their senior year in a small Tennessee town come to terms with what it means to be a friend, becoming an adult, and proving you are your own person, despite your family or circumstances.

This is very much a character study of Dill, Lydia, and Travis. I struggled a bit to find the "why" of the story, but I enjoyed the three narrators, and grew fond of the characters. It felt authentic and very different from my normal YA reading choices.