Gravestone (Solitary Tales Series #2)

by Travis Thrasher

Overview

His Fear Will Soon Turn to Anger….

 

At first, Chris Buckley was simply warned. And watched. But as Chris unravels the haunting riddles of the town of Solitary, he finds that much more than the life of a town is at stake.

 

Whether facing a pastor with a house full of skeletons or a cousin he never knew existed, Chris is forced to choose between light and darkness, life and nightmarish death. Every choice he makes reminds him that the unthinkable has already happened—and if he trusts the wrong person, it may happen again.

 

This second book in the Solitary Tales continues Chris’s journey toward finding out who he is and what his own role is in the darkness suffocating his tiny new hometown. Filled with shocking twists, Gravestone is a tale of a teenager thrown into a battle over a town, a secret—and ultimately his own soul.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781434764195
Publisher:	David C Cook
Publication date:	06/01/2011
Series:	Solitary Tales Series , #2
Edition description:	New
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

The author of over a dozen works of fiction, including Isolation and Ghostwriter, Travis Thrasher has been writing since he was in the third grade. His writing is known for its honesty, depth, and surprising twists. Thrasher lives with his wife and three daughters near Chicago.

Editorial Reviews

The saga of young Chris Buckley continues in the second volume of the Solitary Tales series. Once fearful, 16-year-old Chris is now filled with rage at friend Jocelyn's death. The spooky state of affairs in his adopted hometown of Solitary, N.C., hasn't gotten any better. Both Chris and his alcoholic mother, Tara, are attacked by unidentified assailants, and though he's been warned time and again, Chris is determined to ditch complacency and take action. A young man named Jared, claiming to be a cousin, takes Chris under his wing, advising him to "lie low" and confide in him. At Harrington High, Chris joins the track team and takes an art class, where he grows closer to fellow junior Kelsey Page. Yet Chris feels it's a mistake for anyone to be involved with him: They'll only get hurt. Incidents with bully Gus Staunch escalate, along with threats from Gus' father, Ichor. Former friend Rachel is gone--supposedly she moved, like a lot of other residents who've been threatened and sabotaged until leaving town becomes the best option. Chris longs for the normalcy of his pre-Solitary life in Chicago, and when he gets a job at the isolated Crag's Inn, his finances greatly improve and things might be turning around. In addition to his slow-boiling anger at Tara's psychological meltdown, Chris encounters malevolence at nearly every turn; even the town church has a coffin that may contain the undead. He again feels the stirrings of young love, grapples with betrayal, questions his disbelief in God and considers violent action that would have been unthinkable in his former life. Gradually, it dawns upon Chris that he may have a date with destiny and perhaps a spiritual purpose amid the mayhem. As in the first book, Thrasher adroitly mixes elements of horror and high school in equally terrifying measures. And thanks to Internet access, Chris can now receive super creepy emails. A solid, suspenseful follow-up to the mesmerizing debut.

Kirkus Reviews