No Perfect Places

Steven Salvatore
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From lauded author Steven Salvatore comes a YA about twins whose incarcerated father dies and leaves behind a life-changing secret. When their father was imprisoned for embezzlement, twins Alex and Olly Brucke lost everything except their strong bond with each other. But after their dad dies unexpectedly, the twins start to fracture. Alex is spiraling, skipping classes to get drunk or high. Olly is struggling with a secret his dad ordered him to keep: they have a secret half-brother, Tyler. So when Tyler shows up in their lakeside town for the summer, hoping to get to know his siblings, Olly hides the truth from Alex. But as Alex and Tyler start to form a friendship, the lies become harder to juggle. If they can’t confront their father’s past and fix their relationship, Olly and Alex each risk losing two siblings forever. A thought-provoking novel about grief, family secrets, and figuring out how to belong against the odds.
Genres: Young AdultContemporaryLGBTMental HealthRealistic FictionFictionAudiobookQueerGriefMystery Thriller
384 Pages

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