Thanks for the Trouble

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Tommy Wallach, the New York Times bestselling author of the stunning debut (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) We All Looked Up, delivers a brilliant new novel about a young man who overcomes a crippling loss and finds the courage to live after meeting an enigmatic girl. Was this story written about me? I shrugged. Yes or no? I shrugged again, finally earning a little scowl, which somehow made the girl even more pretty. Its very rude not to answer simple questions, she said. I gestured for my journal, but she still wouldnt give it to me. So I took out my pen and wrote on my palm. I cant, I wrote. Then, in tiny letters below it: Now dont you feel like a jerk?Parker Sant hasnt spoken a word in five years. While his classmates plan for bright futures, he skips school to hang out in hotels, killing time by watching the guests. But when he meets a silver-haired girl named Zelda Toth, a girl who claims to be quite a bit older than she looks, hell discover there just might be a few things left worth living for.From the celebrated author of We All Looked Up comes a unique story of first and last loves.

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