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9:09 Project, The

Mark H. Parsons

Ages: 14+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Delacorte Press/Random House Children's Books/PRH

ISBN: 978-0-593-30975-9

Keywords: family, social-emotional, rhetoric, growth, photography

Jamison, 17, commemorates his mother by taking pictures of strangers at 9:09, the time she died. His skill at photography thrusts him into new situations.