Personal Effects

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Personal Effects
Written by E. M. Kokie
Format: Hardback
ISBN-13: 9780763655273
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Personal Effects

author: E. M. Kokie

Ever since his brother, T.J., was killed in Iraq, Matt feels like he’s been sleepwalking through life — failing classes, getting into fights, and avoiding his dad’s lectures about following in his brother’s footsteps. T.J.’s gone, but Matt can’t shake the feeling that if only he could get his hands on his brother’s stuff from Iraq, he’d be able to make sense of his death. But as Matt searches for answers about T.J.’s death, he faces a shocking revelation about T.J.’s life that suggests he may not have known T.J. as well as he thought. What he learns challenges him to stand up to his father, honor his brother’s memory, and take charge of his own life. With compassion, humor, and a compelling narrative voice, E. M. Kokie explores grief, social mores, and self-discovery in a provocative first novel.

After his older brother dies in Iraq, Matt makes a discovery that rocks his beliefs about strength, bravery, and honor in this page-turning debut.
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isbn-10/isbn-13:
0763655279 /  9780763655273
on sale date:
09/2012
type/format:
Young Adult Novel / Hardback
age range:
14 yrs and up
# of pages/size:
352 / 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
grade range:
Grade 9 and up
 
subjects:
Family; LGBTQ+; War & Military;
author’s comments:
E. M. Kokie is an attorney, but has long had a strong interest in literature for teens. Personal Effects is her first novel. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
 
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