With little money or support, 17-yer-old Joe Moon travels to Texas to help the older brother he barely knows through his last few weeks before being executed for murder.
But did he? And does it matter, in the end? This poignant, timely, heartbreaking novel asks big questions: What value do you place on life? What can you forgive? And just how do you say goodbye? Acclaim for Sarah Crossan 2016 Carnegie Award winner, One Shortlisted for the 2016 FCBG Book Award, Apple and Rain Shortlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Award, Apple and Rain Shortlisted for the 2013 Carnegie Award, The Weight of Water. and no matter whether Ed committed the crime.
Joe is determined to spend those last weeks with his brother, no matter what other people think ...
Now his execution date has been set, and the clock is ticking.
Ed\'s locked up -- on death row.
It\'s something more brutal.
Ed didn\'t walk out on the family, not exactly.
Seventeen-year-old Joe hasn\'t seen his brother in ten years.
From Carnegie Award-winning author Sarah Crossan comes a poignant and thought-provoking novel that explores life, sibling bonds, and forgiveness as a teen tries to reconnect with his brother on death row for a crime he may not have committed.
Carnegie Medalist Crossan (One) pens a poignant novel about one of the most divisive issues of our time.
With little money or support, 17-yer-old Joe Moon travels to Texas to help the older brother he barely knows through his last few weeks before being executed for murder
