Crumble: A Novel

by Fleur Philips

Overview

Eighteen-year-old Sarah McKnight has a secret. She's in love with David Brooks. Sarah is white. David is black. But Sarah's not the only one keeping secrets in the close-knit community of Kalispell, Montana. Her father George, who owns a local gun shop and proudly drives a truck with a Confederate flag bumper sticker, hides his own complicated past. When he discovers Sarah's relationship, George decides to share his feelings with Alex Mackey-a lonely classmate of Sarah's whom George has taken under his wing. As Alex embraces the power of George's dark hatred, the hopes and dreams of young lives hang in the balance. In just a few short months, Sarah and David will graduate from high school and leave Kalispell for a new life together in Los Angeles. Maybe in California, they can stop hiding their love-and the other secret they share...something George McKnight-and Alex Mackey-will never accept.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781940716107
Publisher:	SparkPress
Publication date:	05/14/2014
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	168
File size:	334 KB
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Fleur Philips is an award-winning author who holds a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Antioch University in Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Montana. Her first novel, I Am Lucky Bird, was selected as a General Fiction Finalist for the 2011 Book of the Year Award from ForeWord Reviews. Her novel Crumble was named Young Adult Winner from the 2013 San Francisco Book Festival and was selected as a Young Adult Fiction Finalist by the 2013 International Book Awards. It was also awarded the Silver Medal in the Young Adult ­ Mature Issues category in the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards and was a Young Adult Fiction Finalist in the 2013 Best Book Awards from USA Book News. She lives in Whitefish, Montana with her son.