Nickel by Robert Wilder Book Blitz
Nickel
Genre: YA Contemporary
Release Date: September 13th 2016
Summary:
A STORY OF LOVE, LOSS AND LOYALTY. Being a teenager is hard enough without your
mother in rehab and your slightly inept stepfather doing his best not to screw
things up. But at least, Coy has Monroe. Coy is a quirky teenage boy and his
best friend Monroe is a girl who is just as odd and funny and obsessed with
80’s culture as he is. So when Monroe comes down with a mysterious illness, his
inner turmoil only grows. As Monroe gets sicker and Coy gets a girlfriend from
another social crowd, the balance tips and Coy has to figure out how not to
give up on his friend, his family, or himself. Nickel is a
hilarious, heartbreaking and honest portrayal of the complicated world of being
a teenager today.
–AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS, New York Times best-selling author
of Running With Scissors
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Advance Praise:
"A humorous, poignant, and
formidable debut."
-BOOKLIST (starred review)
"A witty, angst-filled drama."
"A witty, angst-filled drama."
-KIRKUS
“I loved this novel for its humor
and pathos, for its honesty and accuracy about what it means to live in our world. Nickel features
a heartbreaking set of circumstances, yet its narrator never loses his
essential charm as a young man ready to find hilarity even in the direst of
dark times. The first thing I wanted to do was recommend the book to
everybody.”
–ANTONYA NELSON, award-winning author of Funny Once, Talking in Bed, and Bound
–ANTONYA NELSON, award-winning author of Funny Once, Talking in Bed, and Bound
“I have never read anything that
captures the teenage mind quite like Robert Wilder’s funny and brilliantly
honest book, or encountered a narrator more vivid and memorable. I advise you
to buy two copies of Nickel; one to read over and over again and
one to give away.”
–NATALIE GOLDBERG, author of Writing Down the Bones, and The Great Spring
–NATALIE GOLDBERG, author of Writing Down the Bones, and The Great Spring
About the Author
Robert Wilder is the author of two
critically acclaimed essay collections, Tales From The Teachers’ Lounge and Daddy
Needs A Drink, both published by Delacorte Press. His YA novel, Nickel,
will be published September 2016 by Leaf Storm Press.
A teacher for more than twenty-five years, he has earned numerous awards and
fellowships, including the inaugural Innovations in Reading Prize by the
National Book Foundation. He has published essays in Newsweek, Details,
Salon, Parenting, Creative Nonfiction, plus numerous anthologies and has
been a commentator for NPR’s Morning Edition. Wilder lives in
Santa Fe, NM.
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