The Smell of Other People's Houses
Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Wendy Lamb Books
<p><b>"Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock's Alaska is beautiful and wholly unfamiliar.... A thrilling, arresting debut." —Gayle Forman, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>If I Stay</i> and <i>I Was Here</i></b><br><b><i> </i></b><br><b>"[A] singular debut. . . . [Hitchcock] weav[es] the alternating voices of four young people into a seamless and continually surprising story of risk, love, redemption, catastrophe, and sacrifice." —<i>The Wall Street Journal</i></b><br> <br>This deeply moving and authentic debut set in 1970s Alaska is for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and Benjamin Alire Saenz. Intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation on the edge of America's Last Frontier introduce a writer of rare talent.<br> <br>Ruth has a secret that she can’t hide forever. Dora wonders if she can 
ever truly escape where she comes from, even when good luck strikes. 
Alyce is trying to reconcile her desire to dance, with the life she’s 
always known on her family’s fishing boat. Hank and his brothers decide 
it’s safer to run away than to stay home—until one of them ends up in 
terrible danger.<br>&nbsp;<br>Four very different lives are about to become 
entangled. This unforgettable William C. Morris Award finalist is about 
people who try to save each other—and how sometimes, when they least 
expect it, they succeed.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><b>Praise: </b><br>William C. Morris Finalist<br>Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal<br>Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction<br>Tayshas Reading List—Top 10 List<br>New York Public Library’s Best 50 Books for Teens <br>Chicago Public Library<i>, </i>Best of the Best List<br><i>Shelf Awareness, </i>Best Children’s &amp; Teen Books of the Year<br>Nominated to the&nbsp;Oklahoma Sequoya Book Award Master List <br>Nominated to the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award</p></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br></br>