num_pages: 320
description: NOW THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE JAMIE MARKS IS DEADPart thriller, part ghost tale, part love story, One for Sorrow is a novel as timeless as The Catcher in the Rye and as hauntingly lyrical as The Lovely Bones. Christopher Barzak’s stunning debut tells of a teenage boy’s coming-of-age that begins with a shocking murder and ends with a reason to hope.Adam McCormick had just turned fifteen when the body was found in the woods. It is the beginning of an autumn that will change his life forever. Jamie Marks was a boy a lot like Adam, a boy no one paid much attention to—a boy almost no one would truly miss. And for the first time, Adam feels he has a purpose. Now, more than ever, Jamie needs a friend. But the longer Adam holds on to Jamie’s ghost, the longer he keeps his friend tethered to a world where he no longer belongs . . . and the weaker Adam’s own ties to the living become. Now, to find his way back, Adam must learn for himself what it truly means to be alive.
language: English
title: One for Sorrow
titlecomplete: One for Sorrow
characters: Fuck You Frances, Adam McCormick, Jamie Marks, Linda McCormick, Lucy Hall, Gracie Highsmith
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Queer, LGBT, Horror, Young Adult, Paranormal, Ghosts, Contemporary, Fantasy
ratings_count: 799
places: Ohio
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Great Lakes Book Award
publisher: Bantam