Name: Snapshots
Author: Paul W. Buchanan
ISBN: 9780738710730

Published:

Oct-2007
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Print / eBook
Main Genre:

General Fiction
Pages:

209
Age Level:

12-17
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Even before Jen disappeared, Jimmy knew his best friend was leaving him behind. While she attracts stares from boys and men, fifteen-year-old Jimmy still passes for a child at the movies. He takes refuge in the past, before their friendship and life became so complicated. She's his favorite subjectâ�,�•in front of the camera and otherwiseâ�,�•but photos can't capture what he really wants. Yet Jimmy remains devoted, even lying for her when she runs off with strangersâ�,�•menâ�,�•she's met online.

Jimmy feels that Jen's disappearance is his fault, just like the twelve-acre blaze he starts in the canyon near their trailer park. And he's holding on to a secret that no one can drag out of himâ�,�•not the taunting kids at school, an apathetic psychologist, or his despairing mother.

Revolving between past and present, Paul W. Buchanan's vivid “snapshot” vignettes evoke a young man's struggle with oncoming adulthood, heartbreak, and incredible loss.