The Arsonist
By: Stephanie Oakes
Location: FIC OAK
Genre: Historical Fiction- Mystery
"If you think the cover is stunning, what until you read the book! Part contemporary, part historical (1980s Berlin), part mystery, part coming-of-age...it's hard to categorize this story, but the parts all weave into an utterly compelling read. I'm a huge fan of everything A.S. King writes as well as Markus Zusak's I am the Messenger, and would place The Arsonist on a par with those books." Goodreads review
At turns heart-racing, hilarious, and heartbreaking, The Arsonistis an intricate tapestry--of love, loss, and the mysterious connections between us all
Code Name Verity meets I Am the Messenger in this riveting YA novel from Morris Award finalist Stephanie Oakes, in which three points of view are woven together in a story that's part Cold War mystery, part contemporary coming-of-age, and completely unputdownable.
Molly Mavity is not a normal teenage girl. For one thing, her father is a convicted murderer, and his execution date is fast approaching. For another, Molly refuses to believe that her mother is dead, and she waits for the day when they'll be reunited . . . despite all evidence that this will never happen.
Pepper Al-Yusef is not your average teenage boy. A Kuwaiti immigrant with epilepsy, serious girl problems, and the most useless seizure dog in existence, he has to write a series of essays over the summer . . . or fail out of school.
And Ava Dreyman--the brave and beautiful East German resistance fighter whose murder at seventeen led to the destruction of the Berlin Wall--is unlike anyone you've met before.
When Molly gets a package leading her to Pepper, they're tasked with solving a decades-old mystery: find out who killed Ava, back in 1989. Using Ava's diary for clues, Molly and Pepper realize there's more to her life--and death--than meets the eye. Someone is lying to them. And someone out there is guiding them along, desperate for answers.
Location: FIC OAKGenre: Historical Fiction- Mystery
"If you think the cover is stunning, what until you read the book! Part contemporary, part historical (1980s Berlin), part mystery, part coming-of-age...it's hard to categorize this story, but the parts all weave into an utterly compelling read. I'm a huge fan of everything A.S. King writes as well as Markus Zusak's I am the Messenger, and would place The Arsonist on a par with those books." Goodreads review
At turns heart-racing, hilarious, and heartbreaking, The Arsonistis an intricate tapestry--of love, loss, and the mysterious connections between us all
Code Name Verity meets I Am the Messenger in this riveting YA novel from Morris Award finalist Stephanie Oakes, in which three points of view are woven together in a story that's part Cold War mystery, part contemporary coming-of-age, and completely unputdownable.
Molly Mavity is not a normal teenage girl. For one thing, her father is a convicted murderer, and his execution date is fast approaching. For another, Molly refuses to believe that her mother is dead, and she waits for the day when they'll be reunited . . . despite all evidence that this will never happen.
Pepper Al-Yusef is not your average teenage boy. A Kuwaiti immigrant with epilepsy, serious girl problems, and the most useless seizure dog in existence, he has to write a series of essays over the summer . . . or fail out of school.
And Ava Dreyman--the brave and beautiful East German resistance fighter whose murder at seventeen led to the destruction of the Berlin Wall--is unlike anyone you've met before.
When Molly gets a package leading her to Pepper, they're tasked with solving a decades-old mystery: find out who killed Ava, back in 1989. Using Ava's diary for clues, Molly and Pepper realize there's more to her life--and death--than meets the eye. Someone is lying to them. And someone out there is guiding them along, desperate for answers.
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