Thanks for the Trouble (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781481418805)

Tommy Wallach, the New York Times bestselling author of the "stunning debut" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) We All Looked Up, delivers a brilliant new novel about a young man who overcomes a crippling loss and finds the courage to live after meeting an enigmatic girl.

"Was this story written about me?"
I shrugged.
"Yes or no?"
I shrugged again, finally earning a little scowl, which somehow made the girl even more pretty.
"It's very rude not to answer simple questions," she said.
I gestured for my journal, but she still wouldn't give it to me. So I took out my pen and wrote on my palm.
I can't, I wrote. Then, in tiny letters below it: Now don't you feel like a jerk?

Parker Santé hasn't spoken a word in five years. While his classmates plan for bright futures, he skips school to hang out in hotels, killing time by watching the guests. But when he meets a silver-haired girl named Zelda Toth, a girl who claims to be quite a bit older than she looks, he'll discover there just might be a few things left worth living for.

From the celebrated author of We All Looked Up comes a unique story of first and last loves.

Author: Tommy Wallach
ISBN-10: 1481418807
ISBN-13: 9781481418805
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 02/23/2016
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 9
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 181719 / Thanks for the Trouble


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2015
Publishers Weekly 11/09/2015
Booklist 12/01/2015 pg. 58
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2016 pg. 106
School Library Journal 01/01/2016 pg. 111
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2016
BookPage 03/01/2016
Shelf Awareness 03/04/2016