Rocks Fall Everyone Dies
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Twin Peaks meets Stars Hollow in this paranormal suspense novel about a boy who can reach inside people and steal their innermost things—fears, memories, scars, even love.
“The characters shine in this brilliant page-turner with a supernatural twist.”—Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author of the Across the Universe trilogy
“The mind games are acrobatic in their twists and turns.”—BCCB
“A fresh and substantive story about family, love, and deciding who you want to be in the world.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
You can’t find what you don’t remember losing.
Aspen Quick can reach inside you with his mind and steal anything he wants—knowledge, memories, even love. You’ll never know what he’s doing, so you’ll never catch him. Besides, it’s his family’s ancient ritual that prevents the cliff above his town from collapsing and killing everyone below, so isn’t he entitled to some kind of reward for keeping everyone safe?
But Aspen’s not the only Quick with the ability to steal, and this summer he becomes a target, which finally forces him to take a closer look at his family’s abilities and the secret they’ve kept hidden for so many generations. Aspen will have to decide what kind of person he wants to be . . . in a family that has the ability to control everything you are.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A young man with the ability to steal memories and other aspects of a person's identity learns the cost of his power in this unnerving tale of supernatural suspense. Aspen Quick's family has secretly protected their small upstate New York town for generations, using their gifts to conduct a periodic ritual to keep the cliff that looms over Three Peaks from collapsing. Aspen also uses his powers for his own benefit stealing sobriety in order to drink without consequence or stealing his best friends' love for each other so he can act on a long-hidden crush. As the summer wears on, he runs into a girl immune to his powers and eventually discovers the source of his family's oddness, as well as dark secrets that threaten to upset their carefully maintained status quo. Ribar (The Art of Wishing) sets up an intriguing premise and explores Aspen's abilities in provocative ways. The coercive, nonconsensual nature of Aspen's family's powers makes for deeply unsettling reading, and Aspen's recognition of this comes slow and late in the process, and isn't entirely convincing. Ages 12 up.
