Black Rabbit Summer
Sixteen-year-old Pete, the narrator, and his once-close childhood friends Eric, Nicole, Pauly, and Raymond have grown up and apart since their days in primary school. Twins Eric and Nicole are about to move to France with their family. Before they leave, Nicole wants to get the group together in their old hideout and then attend a local carnival, just for old time’s sake. It quickly becomes obvious that they have nothing in common any longer—their interactions are awkward, their class differences more sharply defined. At the carnival, they go their separate ways. But the disappearance of a local teen celebrity at the carnival soon implicates gentle Raymond, who was seen with her and who has also disappeared. Pete is certain that his old friend—his true friend—is innocent. Determined to prove it, he begins to retrace Raymond’s steps that night, and in doing so he stumbles upon the footprints of all the others from the hideout. It turns out his old friends have secrets. Those secrets lead Pete down surprising paths, taking readers right along with him as the twists and turns draw ever closer to the heart of at least one mystery in a story about teens facing repercussions and fallout from decisions they didn’t think through.. ©2008 Cooperative Children's Book Center
CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 13 and older
Age Range:
Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13)
Grades 9-12 (Age 14 and older)
Format:
Novel
Subjects:
Decisions and Consequences
Friendship
Gays
LGBTQ+ Persons
Mysteries
Diversity subject:
LGBTQ Character/Topic
Publishers:
Chicken House, Scholastic
Publish Year: 2008
Pages: 488
ISBN: 9780545057523
CCBC Location: Fiction, Brooks