The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried
Readers rate it 3.3 (22 on Hardcover)
320 pages · Released Feb 19, 2019 · Simon and Schuster
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This YA contemporary fantasy explores grief, friendship reconciliation, and identity through the magical-realist lens of a teen reconnecting with his deceased ex-best friend. The book centers LGBTQ+ characters and themes authentically while addressing real emotional pain with humor and heart. Language is mild-to-moderate for YA, and mature content is thematic rather than graphic, making it appropriate for mid-to-older teens who can engage with loss and complex relationships.
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A Hypable Most Anticipated Queer YA Book of 2019 A Book Riot YA Book to Add to Your Winter TBR and Most Anticipated 2019 LGBTQ Read A BookBub Best Teen Book Coming Out in 2019 A YALSA 2020 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers “A fearless and brutal look at friendships...you will laugh, rage, and mourn its loss... A Hypable Most Anticipated Queer YA Book of 2019 A Book Riot YA Book to Add to Your Winter TBR and Most Anticipated 2019 LGBTQ Read A BookBub Best Teen Book Coming Out in 2019 A YALSA 2020 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers “A fearless and brutal look at friendships...you will laugh, rage, and mourn its loss when it’s over.” —Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation “Simultaneously hilarious and moving, weird and wonderful.” —Jeff Zentner, Morris Award–winning author of The Serpent King Six Feet Under meets Pushing Daisies in this quirky, heartfelt story about two teens who are granted extra time to resolve what was left unfinished after one of them suddenly dies. A good friend will bury your body, a best friend will dig you back up. Dino doesn’t mind spending time with the dead. His parents own a funeral home, and death is literally the family business. He’s just not used to them talking back. Until Dino’s ex-best friend July dies suddenly—and then comes back to life. Except not exactly. Somehow July is not quite alive, and not quite dead. As Dino and July attempt to figure out what’s happening, they must also confront why and how their friendship ended so badly, and what they have left to understand about themselves, each other, and all those grand mysteries of life. Critically acclaimed author Shaun Hutchinson delivers another wholly unique novel blending the real and surreal while reminding all of us what it is to love someone through and around our faults.
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- Young Adult Fiction
- Young Adult
- Fiction
- Science Fiction
- LGBTQ
- Literatur & Belletristik
- Liebesromane
- Literature & Fiction
- Science-Fiction et fantasy
- sf
- Fantasy
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ISBN 9781481498593 · Simon and Schuster