Falling
Apr 2007 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Everyone expected fifteen-year-old Matt Shaw to be Jeffords Junior High's star basketball player. But Matt never went out for the team. He won't even touch a ball anymore, and he hardly talks to anyone. No one understands why he's changed, but Matt knows that it's his "golden child" older brother who's really been doing all the changing. Matt can't imagine what would happen to his family if word got out about Neal's drug habit and the strung-out strangers he's seen coming and going from the house when their parents aren't home. Matt can't tell anyone what he knows – not his parents, not the police detective who refuses to leave him alone, not even Katie, the one girl he's ever really had feelings for. But even Matt has to wonder eventually if he's holding on to someone he may already have lost.
With his unparalleled ear for teen dialogue and emotions, Doug Wilhelm's new novel is a captivating look at falling apart, falling in love, and all the falling in between.
With his unparalleled ear for teen dialogue and emotions, Doug Wilhelm's new novel is a captivating look at falling apart, falling in love, and all the falling in between.
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This was a GREAT book! It was short but good, writing a poem about the book is hard for me. I recommend you read this book, you learn a lot.
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August 11, 2009
I think this is an unqiue story with a really sad beginning, but it is really good to see the process of someone untying those knots in your heart, and knowing that they will catch you if you fall.
Brandon Sky
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December 29, 2020
Not really a high level read, at all--But the story is very gripping and is one of the best reads I've ever experienced.
About the author
Doug Wilhelm is the author of The Revealers and Falling. Born in Oregon and raised in suburban New Jersey, he studied English at Kenyon College in Ohio, then worked as a newspaper reporter. He spent two years as a freelance writer, editor, and teacher of English in Nepal. He has been a journalist for The Boston Globe and once wrote the words for Ben & Jerry’s ice cream containers. His first young adult book was an entry in the Choose Your Own Adventure series. He found he loved writing for young adults, and he’s been doing it ever since.
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