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Seventeen‑year‑old Joe has known his brother Ed for a decade, not as a close companion but as a remote presence. As Ed’s execution date approaches, Joe must visit the prison in Texas to share his brother’s last weeks—a painful and intimate confrontation with loss, family bonds, and the harsh realities of capital punishment.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Children's Fiction/Early Readers
Authors: Sarah Crossan
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