Fans of Neil GaimanтАЩs The Graveyard Book will embrace this darkly funny novel!
Crow isn't like the other kids. He stinks. HeтАЩs got maggots. His body parts fall off at inopportune moments. (His mom always sews them back on, though.) And he hasnтАЩt been able to sleep in years. Not since waking up from death.
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But worse than the maggots is how lonely Crow feels. When Melody Plympton moves in next door, Crow canтАЩt resist the chance to finally make a friend. With Melody around he may even have a shot at getting his life back from the mysterious wish-granting creature living in the park. But first there are tests to pass. And it will mean risking the only friend heтАЩs had in years.
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Debut author Laurel GaleтАЩs story about friendship fulfilled may be the most movingтАФand most macabreтАФyet.
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Praise for Dead Boy
тАЬA stinky, creepy tale for anyone whoтАЩs ever felt like an outsider.тАЭ тАФKirkus Reviews
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тАЬGale takes readers on a dark and surprisingly funny journey. . . . A great recommendation to middle grade fans of dark humor.тАЭ тАФSchool Library Journal
Dead Boy is Laurel GaleтАЩs first novel. Gale says, тАЬI wondered what it would be like for a тАШliveтАЩ dead boy to try to make friends. I had no idea what would happen next, so I kept writing to find out.тАЭ Like Crow, Gale resides in the Nevada desert. She lives with her husband and a band of furry monsters that might actually be ferrets. You can visit Laurel online at laurelgale.com.