The Sin-Eater's Confession

By Ilsa J Bick and Ilsa J. Bick

Book Overview

People in Merit, Wisconsin, always said Jimmy was . . . you know. But people said all sorts of stupid stuff. Nobody really knew anything. Nobody really knew Jimmy.

I guess you could say I knew Jimmy as well as anyone (which was not very well). I knew what scared him. And I knew he had dreams--even if I didn't understand them. Even if he nearly ruined my life to pursue them.

Jimmy's dead now, and I definitely know that better than anyone. I know about blood and bone and how bodies decompose. I know about shadows and stones and hatchets. I know what a last cry for help sounds like. I know what blood looks like on my own hands.

What I don't know is if I can trust my own eyes. I don't know who threw the stone. Who swung the hatchet? Who are the shadows? What do the living owe the dead?

-- "Journal"

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761356878
• ISBN13: 9780761356875
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab (R)
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 14 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 9 to Postsecondary