Summer Of The Cicada

by Will Napier

It's 1987 and Joseph Pullman and his parents have just moved to Maritime, Maryland. This is white-picket-fence America, but for fifteen-year-old Joseph the threat of violence at home is as unrelenting as the punishment he receives at school, and his mother is slowly slipping away from reality.





Joseph forms an uneasy friendship with the awkward Dean Gillespie and the boys occupy themselves burying animal corpses at the Killing Tree. This is the summer the cicadas are due to come out of their seventeen-year hibernation and Joseph becomes convinced that their arrival will bring his salvation. Meanwhile, Mother is gone and Joseph's father has retreated to his basement workshop.





When a local boy goes missing and is finally found unconscious in the woods, Maritime is shaken. Then a second boy disappears and the residents of the town are forced to confront the secrets of the Pullmans' house.

336 pages, Paperback

First published March 3, 2005

Reviews

[Margot McCuaig · Rating 4 out of 5]

A stifling story that captivates until the end. And what an end it is.

[Yashihimi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Na wydaniu, które posiadam, z tyłu okładki, napisane jest "Like To Kill a Mockingbird rewritten from the viewpint of Boo Radley" ale ja myślę, że ta książka jest zdecydowanie bardziej okrutna. Przypominała mi połączenie "Władcy Much" i "Tajemnej historii".

Najgorsze jak bardzo zżyłem się z Joe, że zupełnie nie zauważyłem, tego co się z nim dzieje. Zwrot akcji sprawił, że zrobiło mi się słabo. Nie chodzi nawet o to czy był zaskakujący czy nie, bo nic tu nie było ukryte, ale o to, że chciałem wierzyć, że będzie zupełnie inaczej. A z drugiej strony, sam już nie wiem, czy tak nie było najlepiej.

[Colin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read in Font.

[Book · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved it, a real twist at the end. A coming of age in a damaged childhood.....this is how psychotics are made