
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal Winner of the American Library Association Morris Award for best debut YA A Buzzfeed Best of 2016 book Goodreads Choice Awards finalist A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2016 Publishers Weekly Best of 2016 Dill's father is in jail for an unspeakable crime Shunned by the neighbours in their small religious Tennessee town Dill & his mother try to make ends meet Dill's only respite from poverty & prejudice are his two friends Lydia & Travis Travis is an oddball finding sanctuary from his violent father in his obsession with an epic fantasy saga Lydia is fast-talking & fiercely creative pinning her hopes on her achingly cool fashion blog Dill fears his heart will break when she escapes to a better life in New York Dill wants to get through his final year of high school in one piece But there's a dark secret at the heart of his family a serpent poisoning his blood filling him with despair Dill must confront this legacy of madness & desperation before it tears him apart