Running Past Dark
Running Past Dark by Han Nolan is a reprint edition published by Simon and Schuster on October 22, 2024. This young adult fiction novel explores the aftermath of a tragic car crash that claimed the lives of Scottie O’Doul’s identical twin sister, Cait, and the high school football coach. As Scottie navigates her senior year, she grapples with the fallout from Cait’s death, a disturbing secret revealed before the crash, and the hostility she faces from her peers who doubt her truthfulness.
In her quest for answers, Scottie turns to running as a means to cope with her grief and to uncover the truth behind the accident. The narrative delves into themes of family, loss, and the complexities of sibling relationships, while also addressing social dynamics at school. As Scottie reconnects with her old boyfriend, who shares a tragic link to the day of Cait’s death, she strives to piece together the events leading up to the crash. This edition spans 336 pages and is presented in English, inviting readers to join Scottie on her journey of self-discovery and resilience.
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A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti meets Amber Smith’s The Way I Used to Be in this “twist-filled, highly original mystery” (Kirkus Reviews) following a teen searching for the truth behind the deadly car crash that claimed the lives of her twin sister and the high school football coach.
What happens to the twin left behind?
Scottie O’Doul isn’t looking forward to starting her senior year. Last May, her identical twin sister, Cait, died in a car crash involving the school’s beloved football coach. There’s been no official report on the accident yet, but before she died, Cait told Scottie a disturbing secret. When Scottie reveals this secret, half the town turns against her, certain that Scottie is lying to protect her sister and that Cait deliberately lost control of the car.
Scottie knows her twin would never take her own life, or someone else’s, but how can she prove it? As she faces bullying and hostility at school, she starts to wonder if what Cait said was even true. Turning to running to break through her grief, Scottie finds a new world and a new sense of self outside her twinness. She also reconnects with her old boyfriend, who had a terrible accident of his own the same day Cait died. Could there be a connection?
As she runs mile after mile, Scottie keeps trying to fit the jigsaw pieces together and find the true picture of what happened to Cait and what was really going on at school before the crash.
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