by Robert Cormier
Recommended Age: 14+
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It alternates between the story of a long, interstate bicycle journey the boy takes in search of his father, told in the first person, and a third-person account (partly in the form of tape transcripts) of the boy dredging up partially buried memories for a person who is never clearly identified as a shrink, but who claims to want to help him to remember everything. The closer the boy gets to figuring things out,
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Be warned: This book does not have a happy ending. In fact, it's somewhere between depressing and sinister. So if you're expecting something more redeeming, look elsewhere.
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