num_pages: 248
description: "Sophisticated young readers will be awed by the delicate, measured, heartbreaking portrait that emerges." —  Kirkus Reviews  (starred review)As life slips away, Gabriel looks back over his brief twenty years, which have been clouded by frustration and humiliation. A small, unforgiving town and distant, punitive parents ensure that he is never allowed to forget the horrific mistake he made as a child. He has only two friends — his dog, Surrender, and the unruly wild boy, Finnigan, a shadowy doppelganger with whom the meek Gabriel once made a boyhood pact. But when a series of arson attacks grips the town, Gabriel realizes how unpredictable and dangerous Finnigan is. As events begin to spiral violently out of control, it becomes devastatingly clear that only the most extreme measures will rid Gabriel of Finnigan for good.
language: English
title: Surrender
titlecomplete: Surrender
genres: Young Adult, Thriller, Australia, Coming Of Age, Teen, Mental Illness, Fiction, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 2185
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Michael L. Printz Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Victorian Premier's Literary Award
category: Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction
publisher: Candlewick Press