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The Poisoned Pencil
October 2014
On Sale: October 1, 2014
Featuring: Jonathan Stiles; Jesus Jackson; Henry
320 pages
ISBN: 1929345062
EAN: 9781929345069
Kindle: B00LA5XAKQ
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Jonathan Stiles is a 14-year-old atheist who is coping with
his first day of ninth grade at the fervently religious St.
Soren's Academy when his idolized older brother Ryan is
found dead at the bottom of a ravine behind the school. As
his world crumbles, Jonathan meets an eccentric stranger who
bears an uncanny resemblance to Jesus Christ (except for his
white linen leisure suit and sparkling gold chains). Jesus Jackson, as he calls himself, offers to provide faith
to Jonathan. He also suggests that Ryan's death may not have
been an accident after all. Jonathan teams up with Henry,
his new best friend at St. Soren's, to investigate. The two
boys find footprints leading to the ravine that match Ryan's
sneakers. They are assisted by Ryan's grieving girlfriend,
Tristan, who also thinks the accident theory is bunk. The
police, however, will not listen. But Jonathan knows something the police do not know: Shortly
before his death, Ryan was doing cocaine with fellow
footballer and number one suspect Alistair not far from the
ravine where his body was found. An inspired Jonathan
battles sanctimonious school psychologists, overzealous
administrators, and a cavalry of Christian classmates on his
quest to discover the truth about Ryan's death --and about
God, high school, and the meaning of life, while he's at it. But he keeps getting distracted by Cassie --Alistair's
quirky younger sister --who holds the keys to the answers
Jonathan is searching for, but but who also makes him wonder
if he should be searching for them at all.
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