num_pages: 375
description: Things you earnestly believe will happen while your parents are away:1. You will remember to water the azaleas.2. You will take detailed accurate messages.3. You will call your older brother Denny if even the slightest thing goes wrong.4. You and your best friend/bandmate Lukas will win Battle of the Bands.5. Amid the thrill of victory Lukas will finally realize you are the girl of his dreams.Things that actually happen:1. A stranger calls who says he knew your sister.2. He says he has her stuff.3. What stuff? Her stuff.4. You tell him your parents wont be able to5. Sukey died five years ago; cant he6. You pick up a pen.7. You scribble down the address.8. You get on your bike and go.9. Things . . . get a little crazy after that.**also you fall in love but not with Lukas.Both exhilarating and wrenching Hilary T. Smiths debut novel captures the messy glory of being alive as seventeen-year-old Kiri Byrd discovers love loss chaos and murder woven into a summer of music madness piercing heartbreak and intoxicating joy.
language: English
title: Wild Awake
publisher: Katherine Tegen Books