After We Burned
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Publisher Description
**This limited edition includes designed edges**
She deserved more. They all did. A gripping and emotional new suspense novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This is Where it Ends.
A terrible accident. A horrible loss. A regrettable tragedy. That’s all anyone in Fenix can talk about when a fire consumes the local high school, taking the life of a student. The town mourns, except who really knew—let alone cared about—Eden when she was alive? And why was she in the building that night?
Five teens each hold a piece of the truth about what happened. They also have their own secrets, secrets they will fight to protect with the same fury as the blaze that killed Eden. But silence is meant to be broken, and this story can’t be extinguished…
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Artistic high schooler Eden Randall is considered a weirdo among her classmates in Fenix, Colo. But that doesn't matter to Eden; soon, she and her girlfriend, Payton Davis, will skip town, leaving their abusive home lives behind. The night the girls plan to leave, however, their high school burns down with Eden trapped inside. Convinced it wasn't an accident, Payton enlists Eden's best friend, Theo Robinson, a student reporter, to investigate. Their classmates aren't thrilled by the sleuthing, and dark secrets and unexpected connections emerge as the duo dive deeper into their inquiry. Utilizing expert pacing and shocking reveals, Nijkamp (This Is Where It Ends) keeps readers on the edges of their seats, stringing them along as the narrative alternates between events leading up to the fire, the night itself, and its aftermath. Topics relating to physical and sexual abuse, bullying, and the ways powerful people leverage their influence combine in this dark, gritty story about coming together and empowering one another. Main characters read as white. Ages 14–up.
