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Miles Rockefeller is a troubled young man, raised in multiple foster homes, with no patience for the folly of other people, surviving from one moment to the next by numbing himself to oblivion. But when he meets another lost teenager named Sawyer, his life is permanently altered by a senseless crime that shatters not just their own lives and that of their unknowing victim, but everyone else in their path.

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A deftly crafted coming-of-age story...that is about grief, forgiveness, and human connection. Midwest Book Review It's a novel very relative to our times, not only for younger readers approximately the same age, and of a similar mindset to Miles', for instance, but for any contemporary readers aware of the serious situations so many people are dealing with today. John Pahl, Fiction Editor for Dunes Review [A] very touching story filled with lonely characters all in search of the same two things: love of self and love of others. Viga Boland, Readers Favorite Time and again, as they read Reckoner, readers will recognize themselves, tuning out what is going on in their immediate vicinity while their minds meander into other times, places and spaces...and the trip is fascinating! Vianvi.com Rappaport crafts a tapestry of voices in this often moving YA/New Adult novel about a protagonist struggling to find wholeness.... Small details and pivotal moments alike serve to create a slice-of-life story that also deals with fundamental issues of identity and redemption. Booklife Prize 2020

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Douglas Rappaport was originally a classically-trained violinist and composer, having studied as a young man at various conservatories in the U.S. and abroad. During his college years, Douglas studied under famed protégé of Jascha Heifetz, Erick Friedman, and after graduate work at Yale University, went on to U.S.C. where he received an Advanced Studies degree in Film and Television Scoring. He also studied at Goldsmiths College (part of the University of London), Guildhall, and London International Film School, amongst others. Concerning Douglas Rappaport's 2003 debut novel, One Day the Weatherman, Absolutewrite.com wrote: Rappaport's work is very detail-oriented and his writing is extremely descriptive; it makes for incredible realism... His second book, One Day the Weatherman, climbed to #2 on Amazon's Free Kindle bestseller list (non-fiction) in 2014. Douglas's short fiction has also earned several distinctions, including an invitation to the exclusive Sirenland Writer's Conference in Positano, Italy. Rappaport is currently working on his newest novel, Dead People, which will be published in 2021.

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