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The Summer that Melted Everything

Tiffany McDaniel

Start date: June 1, 2017

Finish date: June 30, 2017

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Jul 24, 2021 Haley rated it really liked it

This was a such an unsettling novel about a town in the middle of a heat wave and the devil. When Sal shows up unexpectedly after Autopsy Bliss sent out an invitation for the Devil to come, he claims he's the devil. A thirteen year old black boy in the middle of Breathed, Ohio. The Bliss family takes him in with no questions. When accidents happen when Sal is around, people in the town are too quick to blame it on him, the devil.

Fielding, Autopsy's son, becomes close with Sal and learns where S ...more

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Dec 04, 2020 Ann rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio-libby, audio, cannot-forget, read-2020, audio-2020

This book will resonate for a long time. I feel like I was watching a stage play with highly skilled performances; the audio narration was stellar. Told from the perspective of a thirteen year old boy, the summer of 1984 is a snapshot in time and a timeless story. I wish it were not so timeless, and that we could put a buffer between today and these events as past happenings only. We need to keep moving towards a future that doesn’t hurt so much.

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