Freewill
A boy who believes he is responsible for his father and stepmother’s deaths faces a string of teen suicides in town and the mystery of carved wooden objects. The novel moves as a psychological suspense story shaped by guilt and loss.
Work Information
Guilt slowly breaks the quiet air of the town.
Between the dead family members he blames himself for and the unsettling events that keep happening in town, the boy is nearly crushed by what he knows. Using suspense as its form, the novel digs into the weight of loss and responsibility.
Review Summaries
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Readers appreciate how directly the book confronts its hard subject matter while tracking the boy’s unstable inner life. It is a very dark novel, but the psychological precision is clear.
Book Information
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- 2002-09-17
- Pages
- 160 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 12.7 x 0.81 x 18.1 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780064472029
- ISBN-10
- 0064472027
- Price
- 350 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Teen & Young Adult
Like the other kids in the wood shop class at his new school, Will finds himself oddly compelled to make wooden totems, yet when he discovers that these creations pop up before and after the suicide of many kids in town, Will wonders what weird forces have a hold of him. Reprint.
Chris Lynch is the Printz Honor Award-winning author of several highly acclaimed young adult novels, including Freewill, Gold Dust, Iceman, Gypsy Davy, and Shadowboxer, all ALA Best Books for Young Adults. He is also the author of Extreme Elvin, Whitechurch, and All The Old Haunts. He holds an M.A. from the writing program at Emerson College. He mentors aspiring writers and continues to work on new literary projects. He lives in Boston and in Scotland.