Overview
A night of Halloween fun gone wrong has Jonas wondering if he’s really a wolf in disguise in this fast-paced fiction debut delving into accountability, relationships . . . and zines. For the past few years, twelve-year-old Jonas and his friends have competed to see how many bags of candy they can grab from unsuspecting trick-or-treaters. No one’s supposed to get hurt, just lose their treats. So Jonas is taken by surprise when one of his smaller targets fights back against his snatching attempt. He’s even more surprised when he starts to receive anonymous notes from someone who knows what happened that night. Jonas already has enough on his plate, between his parents’ ill-defined separation and his own guilt—guilt his friend Concepción challenges him to confront in a zine she’s creating around the prompt “What’s the worst thing you ever did?” It’s a complicated question, one that touches on issues of identity, maturity, physical boundaries, and safety. Featuring zines crafted by award-winning illustrator Theodore Taylor III, Phoebe Sinclair’s debut novel relates an emotive, reflective story about the wonder—and mess—of growing up.
Full Product Details
Author: Phoebe Sinclair ,
Theodore Taylor III
Publisher: Candlewick Press,U.S.
Imprint: Candlewick Press,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 23.70cm
Weight: 0.709kg
ISBN: 9781536213683
ISBN 10: 1536213683
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 August 2023
Recommended Age: From 10 to 14 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Not yet available
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Reviews
This story would interest middle school students and help them to realize that growing up is not always easy, but that owning up to your mistakes is always the right thing to do. —School Library Connection
This story would interest middle school students and help them to realize that growing up is not always easy, but that owning up to your mistakes is always the right thing to do. -School Library Connection
An amazing debut! This book is a bag full of the best pieces of candy. You're going to savor every page of it! -Raul the Third, New York Times best-selling creator of the !Vamos! series and illustrator of Stuntboy, in the Meantime The best thing I ever did was read Phoebe Sinclair's middle-grade debut. Readers will fall for Jonas and his band of friends as he comes to terms with the worst thing he ever did. This is one not-to-be-missed debut! -Erin Dionne, author of Secrets of a Fangirl
Author Information
Phoebe Sinclair believes in the power of voice. Through writing, organizing, and facilitating, she strives to create space and opportunities for people to listen deeply, speak from the heart, and feel heard. Outside of paid work, she is a wanderer, city cyclist, zinester, and friend who confesses a love for candy corn. Confessions of a Candy Snatcher is her first novel. Jersey-raised, Phoebe Sinclair lives with her partner, a graphic designer and musician, in Jamaica Plain in Boston. Theodore Taylor III is a front-end web developer by day who maintains a career as a children’s book illustrator in his free time. He is the illustrator of When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop by Laban Carrick Hill, for which he won the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award. His work is inspired by his love of music, comics, animation, video games, street art, and more. He is also a self-proclaimed pizza connoisseur. Theodore Taylor III lives with his wife and son in Richmond, Virginia.
