The Heartbeats of Wing Jones
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement
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Katherine Webber
Jandy Nelson meets Friday Night Lights in this sweeping, warm, arrestingly original novel about family, poverty, and hope. Wing Jones, like everyone else in her town, has worshipped her older brother, Marcus, for as long as she can remember. Good-looking, popular, and the star of the football team, Marcus is everything his sister is not. Until the night everything changes when Marcus, drunk at the wheel after a party, kills two people and barely survives himself. With Marcus now in a coma, Wing is crushed, confused, and angry. She is tormented at school for Marcus’s mistake, haunted at home by her mother and grandmothers’ grief. In addition to all this, Wing is scared that the bank is going to repossess her home because her family can’t afford Marcus’s mounting medical bills. Every night, unable to sleep, Wing finds herself sneaking out to go to the school’s empty track. When Aaron, Marcus’s best friend, sees her running one night, he recognizes that her speed, skill, and agility could get her spot on the track team. And better still, an opportunity at a coveted sponsorship from a major athletic gear company. Wing can’t pass up the opportunity to train with her longtime crush and to help her struggling family, but can she handle being thrust out of Marcus’s shadow and into the spotlight?"The swiftly paced story will quickly sweep up readers...[a] well-crafted, inspirational debut with plenty of heart, hope, and determination." —Booklist"A story showing how hope and love can blossom in the midst of chaos." —Publishers Weekly
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Author
Katherine Webber
Pages
336
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published Date
2017-03-14
ISBN
039955503X 9780399555039
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"Has a great story about grieving. Even though wings brother is only in a coma, she fears rhe worst after his drunk driving accident. She uses running to cope and finds that running is her new passion. She also finds that her brothers best friend shares the same feelings for her that she has always felt for him.
Overall it was a great story about coping, hoping for the best, and a touch of romance to top it off! Hope someone sees this, reads the book, and enjoys it like i did! Have a great dayت︎ #theheartbeatsofwingjones #coma #romance "
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