![]() ![]() ![]() Agent: Stacia Decker, Dunow, Carlson & Lerner. Inky chapter-heading illustrations by Eckwall ( Almost a Full Moon) heighten the atmosphere. The Book of Accidents is Chuck Wendig’s magnum opus, blazing with imagination, humanity, and a tiny glimmer of hope for a world drowning in cruelty. Slowly-and much to the frustration of Dustin’s business partner, Vivacia Sims, who is Black-the siblings begin to bond, and Molly starts learning the secrets of the practice, an otherworldly resting place for “nonstandard citizens.” Packed with pop-culture references and creepy beings, the novel is written from Molly’s sarcastic-beyond-her-years viewpoint and subtly threaded with life lessons that together create an engaging narrative. When Molly moves into the family home, the white siblings prove as different as chalk and cheese, with outspoken, outgoing, devil-may-care cosplayer Molly bringing a breath of fresh chaos to Dustin’s staid undertaker lifestyle. ![]() But her 18-year-old brother, Dustin Ashe, currently runs the business-and has been heretofore unaware of Milly’s existence. A finalist for the Astounding Award and an alum of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, he has also written comics and games, and for film and television. ![]() Molly’s always been pretty much on her own, but after her father’s death, she teams up with her paternal lawyer uncle to claim half of her mother’s Pennsylvania mortuary and home. Chuck Wendig is the New York Times bestselling author of Wanderers, The Book of Accidents, and more than two dozen other books for adults and young adults. Wendig’s ( The Book of Accidents) middle grade debut mingles age-appropriate horror with hard-won wisdom gleaned through the eyes of 13-year-old orphan Molly Grim. ![]()
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