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School Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2017 | Young Adult
Gr 9 Up—Christopher Goodman wears ridiculous bell bottoms, and the way he shakes hands with people is a little strange. He's also a genuinely nice guy, which is why everyone in Goldsburg, VA, is shocked when Chris is murdered during 1979's Deadwood Days, a Western street festival that draws tourists to the town every summer. While on a cross-country run, classmates Doc Chestnut and Squib Kaplan find Chris's body. Along with Hunger McCoy, Hazel Turner, and Mildred Penny, Doc and Squib carry the burden of knowing that they may have inadvertently played a part i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2017
It's 1979 in Goldsburg, Virginia, and Deadwood Days-the town's summer festival-is fast approaching. For a half-dozen teenagers life is relatively carefree; they are concerned with little more than cars and crushes. They narrate the story by turns-mostly with prose, but some occasionally in poetry-allowing the layers of plot and character to develop throughout the nonlinear narrative. Unbeknownst to everybody (but readers), how...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
