num_pages: 309
description: A compelling story of survivor's guilt, family reconciliation, and tested faith -- one of the most outstanding debuts of last year, now in a POINT paperback edition.Keegan Flannery was born a twin though his brother Michael did not survive birth. Now, two weeks before his sixteenth birthday, he has a dream about his own death. Understanding that Michael was supposed to have lived, and it was he who was meant to have died, Keegan sets out to right all the wrongs by planning his own suicide.But in the final weeks before his 16th birthday and his last day on earth, life intercedes in the Keegan joins the wrestling team and a begins a dialogue with his father And it may just be enough to change Keegan's ideas about confession, penance, and life.
language: English
title: St. Michael's Scales
titlecomplete: St. Michael's Scales
genres: Young Adult, Teen, Sports
ratings_count: 77
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award
publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks