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Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town

Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

Ages: 14+

Published: 2021

Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books/Random House

ISBN: 978-1-984892-59-1

Keywords: Short stories, social emotional, teenagers, grief, romance, sexual abuse

A wildfire and missing girl provide the backdrop for this captivating collection: nine exquisitely written stories of the struggles and triumphs of small-town teens.