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008			200401t20202020nyu e b 001 f eng d
020			_a9780062690814 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0062690817 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1153030292
037			_bHarpercollins, 53 Glenmaura National Blvd Ste 300, Moosaic, PA, USA, 18507-2132 _nSAN 200-2086
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050		4	_aPS3625.O96433 _bD56 2020
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100	1		_aYoung, Heather, _cMFA, _eauthor. _939892
245	1	4	_aThe distant dead : _ba novel / _cHeather Young.
250			_aFirst edition.
300			_a342 pages ; _c24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aA body burns in the high desert hills. A boy walks into a fire station, pale with the shock of a grisly discovery. A middle school teacher worries when her colleague is late for work. By day's end, when the body is identified as local math teacher Adam Merkel, a small Nevada town will be rocked to its core by a brutal and calculated murder. Adam Merkel left a university professorship in Reno to teach middle school in Lovelock seven months before he died. A quiet, seemingly unremarkable man, he connected with just one of his students: Sal Prentiss, a lonely sixth grader who lives with his uncles on a desolate ranch in the hills. The two outcasts developed a tender, trusting friendship that brought each of them hope in the wake of tragedy. But it is Sal who finds Adam's body, charred almost beyond recognition, half a mile from his uncles' compound. Nora Wheaton, the middle school's social studies teacher, dreamed of a life far from Lovelock only to be dragged back on the eve of her college graduation to care for her disabled father, a man she loves but can't forgive. She sensed in the new math teacher a kindred spirit--another soul bound to Lovelock by guilt and duty. After Adam's death, she delves into his past for clues to who killed him and finds a dark history she understands all too well. But the truth about his murder may lie closer to home. For Sal Prentiss's grief seems heavily shaded with fear, and Nora suspects he knows more than he's telling about how his favorite teacher died. As she tries to earn the wary boy's trust, she finds he holds not only the key to Adam's murder, but an unexpected chance at the life she thought she'd lost. Weaving together the last months of Adam's life, Nora's search for answers, and a young boy's anguished moral reckoning, this unforgettable thriller brings a small American town to vivid life, filled with complex, flawed characters wrestling with the weight of the past, the promise of the future, and the bitter freedom that forgiveness can bring.
520			_aLovelock, Nevada. A boy walks into the fire station, pale with the shock of a grisly discovery. By day's end, the body burning in the desert hills is identified as local math teacher Adam Merkel. A seemingly unremarkable man, he left a university professorship in Reno to teach middle school, but connected with just one of his students: Sal Prentiss, a lonely sixth grader who lives with his uncles on a desolate ranch in the hills. Sal found Adam's body, charred almost beyond recognition, half a mile from his uncles' compound. Nora Wheaton, the middle school's social studies teacher, delves into Adam's past and finds a dark history she understands all too well. -- adapted from jacket
650		0	_aCity and town life _vFiction.
650		0	_aMiddle school teachers _vFiction. _939893
650		0	_aMiddle school students _vFiction. _939894
650		0	_aMurder _xInvestigation _vFiction.
650		0	_aFamily secrets _vFiction.
651		0	_aLovelock (Nev.) _vFiction. _939895
655		0	_aMiddle school teachersvFiction. _939896
655		0	_aMiddle school studentsvFiction. _939897
655		4	_aThriller fiction. _912735
655		4	_aDetective fiction. _912736
655		7	_aDetective and mystery fiction. _2fast
655		7	_aFiction. _2fast
655		7	_aThrillers (Fiction) _2fast
655		7	_aSuspense fiction. _2gsafd
655		7	_aDetective and mystery fiction. _2lcgft
655		7	_aThrillers (Fiction) _2lcgft
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