A book that challenges the word "powerful" and obliterates it. Written in searing prose, this is the story of two mentally ill boys, Erik, who believes he's a saint, and Thorn, who believes he's a demon. The book chronicles their lives as their minds devolve into hallucinations and shows the way their worlds intersect, culminating in a final stand-off in a school playground, where one boy has brought an automatic weapon and is intent on killing the children in the school, and the other vows to stop him, even if it means sacrificing himself.

 

There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Penguin Putnam Inc .

Jeff Mack has illustrated more than a dozen books for children. He lives in Easthampton, Massachusetts.