Synopses & Reviews
andlt;b andgt;Some friends fade awayand#8230;.Others disappear. Now in paperback, a riveting mystery that will and#8220;keep the pages turningand#8221; (Chris Crutcher, author of andlt;i andgt;Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnesandlt;/iandgt;).andlt;/bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Imagine you and your best friend head out West on a cross-country bike trek. Imagine that you get into a fightand#8212;the cheap SOB wonand#8217;t kick in any cashand#8212;and you stop riding together. Imagine you reach Seattle, go home alone, and start college. Imagine you think your former best friend does too. Imagine he didnand#8217;t, that he was carrying more than $20,000 in cash the whole trip, and that now the FBI is looking for him. Imagine your world shifting....andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;iandgt;Shift andlt;/iandgt;is a breathtaking tour-de-force that explores the depths of loyalty and friendshipand#8212;and the unknowable depths of another person.andlt;BRandgt;andnbsp;
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"This is great realistic mystery. Jennifer Bradbury tells a totally believable, totally engrossing story. You will keep the pages turning." -- Chris Crutcher, the Margaret A. Edwards Award-winning author of Deadline and Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
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* "Bradbury's keen details about the bike trip, the places, the weather, the food, the camping, and the locals add wonderful texture to this exciting first nove."--Booklist, starred review
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"Endowing both boys with a heavy dose of idealism, responsibility and self-preservation, Bradbury makes their growth feel genuine and even profound."--Publishers Weekly
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"The journey [is] the kind of glorious, frustrating, life-changing experience that the boys had hoped and that readers will yearningly imagine....Readers will come for the thrill of the open road and stay for an authentic picture of a friendship between two young men about to tackle adulthood in very different ways."--The Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books
Synopsis
Imagine you and your best friend head off on a cross-country bike trek.
Imagine that you get into a fight -- the cheap s.o.b. won't kick in any cash.
Imagine you stop riding together.
Imagine you reach Seattle then come home alone, still p.o-ed.
Imagine the FBI is now at your college dorm.
Imagine finding out that your former best friend never made it home.
And imagine that he had actually been carrying over $20,000 in cash with him.
Imagine your world shifting....
A tour-de-force about biking, friendship, and the depths of loyalty by a debut novelist who has in fact biked cross country.
Synopsis
Some friends fade away....Others disappear. Now in paperback, a riveting mystery that will "keep the pages turning" (Chris Crutcher, author of Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes).
Imagine you and your best friend head out West on a cross-country bike trek. Imagine that you get into a fight--the cheap SOB won't kick in any cash--and you stop riding together. Imagine you reach Seattle, go home alone, and start college. Imagine you think your former best friend does too. Imagine he didn't, that he was carrying more than $20,000 in cash the whole trip, and that now the FBI is looking for him. Imagine your world shifting....
Shift is a breathtaking tour-de-force that explores the depths of loyalty and friendship--and the unknowable depths of another person.
About the Author
Jennifer Bradbury is the author of the middle grade novel andlt;iandgt;River Runs Deepandlt;/iandgt; and of several critically acclaimed young adult novels: andlt;iandgt;A Moment Comesandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;Wrappedandlt;/iandgt;, and her debut, andlt;iandgt;Shiftandlt;/iandgt;and#8212;which Kirkus Reviews called and#8220;fresh, absorbing, compellingand#8221; in a starred review. andlt;iandgt;Shiftandlt;/iandgt; was picked as an ALA and a School Library Journal Best Book for Young Adults and is also on numerous state reading lists. A former English teacher and one-day andlt;iandgt;Jeopardy!andlt;/iandgt; champ, she lives with her family in Burlington, Washington.