Starfall by Michael Cadnum

Praise for Michael Cadnum
    â€œNot since the debut of Robert Cormier has such a major talent emerged in adolescent literature.” — The Horn Book
    â€œA writer who just gets better with every book.” — Kirkus Reviews
    â€œCadnum is a master.” — Kirkus Reviews
    Blood Gold
    â€œA gripping adventure set during the 1849 California gold rush. Complementing the historical insight is an expertly crafted, fast-paced, engrossing adventure story full of fascinating characters. This is historical fiction that boys in particular will find irresistible.” — Booklist , starred review
    â€œThis novel is fast paced.… The well-realized settings, which range from remote wildernesses to sprawling cities, create colorful backdrops for Willie’s adventure. An enticing read.” — School Library Journal
    â€œThe prose is lively.… A spirited introduction to the gold rush for older readers.” — Kirkus Reviews
    Breaking the Fall
    Edgar Award Nominee
    â€œTension hums beneath the surface.… Riveting.” — Booklist
    â€œEerie, suspense-laden prose powerfully depicts the frustrating, overwhelming and often painful process of traveling from youth toward adulthood.” — Publishers Weekly
    Calling Home
    An Edgar Award Nominee
    â€œAn exquisitely crafted work … of devastating impact.” — The Horn Book
    â€œProbably the truest portrait of a teenaged alcoholic we’ve had in young adult fiction.” — The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
    â€œReaders … will never forget the experience.” — Wilson Library Bulletin
    â€œ[Readers] will relate to the teen problems that lead to Peter’s substance abuse and the death of his best friend.” — Children’s Book Review Service
    â€œThrough the prism of descriptive poetic images, Peter reveals the dark details of his sleepwalking life.… An intriguing novel.” — School Library Journal
    Daughter of the Wind
    â€œReaders will enjoy the sensation of being swept to another time and place in this thrill-a-minute historical drama.” — Publishers Weekly
    Edge
    â€œMesmerizing … This haunting, life-affirming novel further burnishes Cadnum’s reputation as an outstanding novelist.” — Kirkus Reviews , starred review
    â€œA thought-provoking story full of rich, well-developed characters.” — School Library Journal
    â€œDevastating.” — Booklist
    â€œA psychologically intense tale of inner struggle in the face of tragedy.” — The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
    Forbidden Forest
    â€œCadnum succeeds admirably in capturing the squalor and casual brutality of the times.” — Kirkus Reviews
    Heat
    â€œIn this gripping look at family relationships Cadnum finds painful shades of gray for Bonnie to face for the first time; in her will to grasp the manner and timing of her healing is evidence that she is one of Cadnum’s most complex and enigmatic characters.” — Kirkus Reviews
    â€œCompelling. Adopting the laconic style that gives so much of his writing its tough edge and adult flavor, Cadnum challenges readers with hard questions about the nature of fear and of betrayal.” — Publishers Weekly
    In a Dark Wood
    Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
    â€œA beautiful evocation of a dangerous age … Readers who lose themselves in medieval Sherwood Forest with Cadnum will have found a treasure.” — San Francisco Chronicle
    â€œ In a Dark Wood is a stunning tour de force, beautifully written, in which Michael Cadnum turns the legend of Robin Hood inside out. Cadnum’s shimmering prose is poetry with muscle, capturing both the beauty and brutality of life in Nottinghamshire. In a Dark Wood may well become that rare thing—an enduring piece of literature.” —Robert Cormier, author of The Chocolate