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Pub. Date: May 7, 2019
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 416
"You can’t keep two people who are meant to be together apart for long...”
Lennon Davis doesn’t believe in much, but she does believe in the security of the number five. If she flicks the bedroom light switch five times, maybe her new L.A. school won’t suck. But that doesn’t feel right, so she flicks the switch again. And again. Ten more flicks of the switch and maybe her new step family will accept her. Twenty-five more flicks and maybe she won’t cause any more of her loved ones to die. Fifty times more and then she can finally go to sleep.
Kyler Benton witnesses this pattern of lights from the safety of his treehouse in the yard next door. It is only there, hidden from the unwanted stares of his peers, that Kyler can fill his notebooks with lyrics that reveal the true scars of the boy behind the oversized hoodies and caustic humor. But Kyler finds that descriptions of blonde hair, sad eyes, and tapping fingers are beginning to fill the pages of his notebooks. Lennon, the lonely girl next door his father has warned him about, infiltrates his mind. Even though he has enough to deal with without Lennon’s rumored tragic past in his life, Kyler can’t help but want to know the truth about his new muse.
Kyler Benton witnesses this pattern of lights from the safety of his treehouse in the yard next door. It is only there, hidden from the unwanted stares of his peers, that Kyler can fill his notebooks with lyrics that reveal the true scars of the boy behind the oversized hoodies and caustic humor. But Kyler finds that descriptions of blonde hair, sad eyes, and tapping fingers are beginning to fill the pages of his notebooks. Lennon, the lonely girl next door his father has warned him about, infiltrates his mind. Even though he has enough to deal with without Lennon’s rumored tragic past in his life, Kyler can’t help but want to know the truth about his new muse.
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All Our Broken Pieces Excerpt
There’s a knock on my door. Macy pokes her now-clean face in. “Are you decent? Can I come in?”
“Yep.”
She steps inside the room and instantly I’m assaulted by the scent of berries. She sits down on my bed, forcing me to slide over.
“I heard Silas and Emmett talking at lunch today.”
“’Bout what?” In this moment, I couldn’t care less what it was about. For some stupid reason, I’m wondering if Lennon overdoses on perfume like my sister does.
“About the record demo.”
“Out.”
“Kyler,” she protests.
“Not open for discussion.”
“Just let me say one thing,” she pleads.
I turn my head and look at her. “What, Mae?”
“When I look at you, I never see your scar. I know you’re really messed up about it, but, Kyler, I swear, you’re a beautiful person, inside and out. I wish you’d realize that.”
I look at her for a minute. “You drunk or something? Was your puke face mask infused with vodka?”
“No.”
“Then why the deep, introspective thoughts?”
“Because,” Macy says, “I know you love music, more than you like to let on. You should do something you love.”
I pull the blind back from the window and point to the lawn. “I was considering taking up gardening. Landscaping, if you will.”
She rolls her eyes. “I’m being serious.”
I sit up and grab my notebook, my pen, and a candle before returning to my bed. I set the candle on the bedside table and strike a match. The fire sparks, then settles into a slow burn down the stick. “Life’s too short, Macy.” I light the candle and blow out the match. “One day everything is fine, and the next your whole world is engulfed in flames.”
Macy feigns shock before rolling her eyes a second time. “Enough with the drama. We get it. You’re brooding and mysterious, but you’re also talented, Kyler.”
“Noted,” I say. “Thanks.”
“What about covering your face? Wearing a mask? Like that old band Mom and Dad used to listen to—the guy with the tongue.”
I rub my face. “KISS, Macy. That’s KISS. They’re epic.
Untouchable.”
“Well, Fire to Dust should do that. Keeps everybody happy and lets you do what you love.”
“It’s not the worst idea you ever had, but I’m not sold on it.”
She smiles, clasping her hands under her chin. “But it isn’t a solid no?”
“Not solid. But it might still be a no. Don’t get your hopes up.”
She stands. “Good night, big brother.”
“Good night. Oh, and, Mae?” “What?”
“Silas didn’t put you up to this, did he?”
She looks me dead in the eye. “No,” she says, “I swear it.”
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