04713cam a2200637 4500 1679296610 TxAuBib 20241028120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781429961936 1429961937 B002E7ARUU Amazon ebf871e4-20cd-4c87-8a8f-3415ff686f70 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 514437 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Hart, John. The Last Child [Libby]. St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2009. Action Thrillers. Thrillers. Thriller. mystery and thrillers. best thrillers. thriller books. thriller suspense. suspense and thrillers. action adventure thriller. mystery thrillers. mystery thriller suspense. thriller novels. best mystery thrillers. book thriller. books thrillers. mysteries thrillers and suspense. mystery thriller books. thriller authors. thriller genre. top thrillers. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1297kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Suspense. HTML:Winner of the 2010 Edgar Award for Best Novel Heralded by the Washington Post as a "a magnificent creation, Huck Finn channeled through Lord of the Flies", John Hart's The Last Child is his most significant work to date, an intricate, powerful story of loss, hope, and courage in the face of evil. Thirteen year-old Johnny Merrimon had the perfect life: a warm home and loving parents; a twin sister, Alyssa, with whom he shared an irreplaceable bond. He knew nothing of loss, until the day Alyssa vanished from the side of a lonely street. Now, a year later, Johnny finds himself isolated and alone, failed by the people he'd been taught since birth to trust. No one else believes that Alyssa is still alive, but Johnny is certain that she is—-confident in a way that he can never fully explain. Determined to find his sister, Johnny risks everything to explore the dark side of his hometown. It is a desperate, terrifying search, but Johnny is not as alone as he might think. Detective Clyde Hunt has never stopped looking for Alyssa either, and he has a soft spot for Johnny. He watches over the boy and tries to keep him safe, but when Johnny uncovers a dangerous lead and vows to follow it, Hunt has no choice but to intervene. Then a second child goes missing . . . Undeterred by Hunt's threats or his mother's pleas, Johnny enlists the help of his last friend, and together they plunge into the wild, to a forgotten place with a history of violence that goes back more than a hundred years. There, they meet a giant of a man, an escaped convict on his own tragic quest. What they learn from him will shatter every notion Johnny had about the fate of his sister; it will lead them to another far place, to a truth that will test both boys to the limit. Traveling the wilderness between innocence and hard wisdom, between hopelessness and faith, The Last Child leaves all categories behind and establishes John Hart as a writer of unique power. Now with an excerpt from John Hart's next book The Hush, available in February 2018.. Media Type: eBook. Edgar Allan Poe Award. The New York Times Best Seller List. Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-10-28 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2390-1/EBF/871/E4/LastChild9781429961936.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=EBF871E4-20CD-4C87-8A8F-3415FF686F70&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2390-1/EBF/871/E4/LastChild9781429961936.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=EBF871E4-20CD-4C87-8A8F-3415FF686F70&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2390-1/EBF/871/E4/LastChild9781429961936.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=EBF871E4-20CD-4C87-8A8F-3415FF686F70&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXPOT