When the light went out

When the light went out

Bridget Morrissey

Book - 2019

Seven friends. Five years of silence. One mystery that will bring them back together again. It's been five years since Marley Bricket died from an accidental shooting. On the night of the annual memorial, Olivia Stanton, the only witness to Marley's death, gets an unexpected visitor in the form of Nick Cline - the boy who pulled the trigger on what he didn't know was a loaded gun. Since the tragedy, nothing in the quiet desert town of Cadence, California, has ever been the same. Nick's surprise reappearance puts all the kids of Albany Lane in the same place for the first time since Marley died. The once inseperable group of neighborhood friends, formerly led by Marley herself, has disbanded. But when Olivia discovers a s...cavenger hunt orchestrated by Marley before she died, they must come together to complete it, reopening old wounds and unearthing new questions about what really happened. Most importantly, did Marley know the gun was loaded?

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Subjects
Death > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Memory > Fiction.
Letters > Fiction.
Treasure hunt (Game) > Fiction.
California > Fiction.
Published
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Fire [2019]
Language
English
Main Author
Bridget Morrissey (author)
Physical Description
298 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN
9781492670988
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

California teens reunite to chase the memory of a dead friend.Five years ago, when Nick Cline was only 11-years-old, he accidentally shot and killed 15-year-old Marley Bricket. Olivia Stanton idolized Marley, who was her older sister's best friend and the leader of their group. In the aftermath of the tragedy, Olivia is even more consumed with thoughts about Marley, carrying her memory everywhere she goes. And after all these years it seems Nickwho has returned to townfeels the same way. The two soon uncover clues Marley has left for them to follow, and they gather the kids of Albany Lane to search for answers, closure, and perhaps even redemption. Olivia is an unreliable narrator and a manipulative individual who appears motivated by a desire to gain the power which Marley once lorded over her friends. Readers will enjoy the romance, dark humor, and bicycle-squad nostalgia as they move through an eerie and dangerous scavenger hunt. The uncertainty and suspense lead to questions of whether what's unfolding is a ghost story or an elaborate suicide. The well-paced story offers an authentic exploration of grief, but the elaborate deceptions detract from readers' ability to connect to that experience. Olivia, Nick, and Marley are white; there is diversity in secondary characters who are Latinx, Korean-American, black, and lesbian.A thrilling, adventure-filled story that captures the anguish of losing a friend. (Fiction. 12-15) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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