When the Light Went Out by Bridget Morrissey is a deeply intense novel about grief and guilt and memory. It is a story about understanding and self-discovery and forgiveness. Maybe most importantly, this is a novel about how to keep someone's memory alive without letting it consume you. As you read, you will be rooting for this group of kids to find forgiveness and closure as they deal with the unspeakable tragedy of Marley Bricket's death. Five years after the death of one of their own, the six remaining kids of Albany Lane are all together for the first time. Since the unfortunate accident that stole the life from Marley Bricket, Nick has stayed away. But the anniversary of her death has brought him back to the group of friends, reuniting in Marley's memory. But this reunion helps old memories to resurface and these friends now have to answer a difficult and unanswered question: Did Marley know that her father's gun was loaded?
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I Was Here meets Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls in this story of seven friends, five years of silence, and the one mystery that will bring them back together again.
It's been five years since Marley Bricket died by accidental gunshot. On the night of the annual memorial, Olivia Stanton, the only witness to Marley's death, gets an unexpected visitor in the form of Nick Cline. He's the boy who pulled the trigger on what he didn't know was a loaded gun. Since then, nothing in the quiet desert town of Cadence, California has ever been the same.
Nick's surprise reappearance puts all the Kids of Albany Lane in one place for the first time since Marley died. The once-inseparable group of neighborhood friends, formerly led by Marley herself, has disbanded. But when Olivia discovers a scavenger hunt orchestrated by Marley before she died, the group must come together again to complete it, reopening old wounds and unearthing new questions about what really happened. Most importantly, did Marley know the gun was loaded?
"A thrilling, adventure-filled story that captures the anguish of losing a friend."―Kirkus
It's been five years since Marley Bricket died by accidental gunshot. On the night of the annual memorial, Olivia Stanton, the only witness to Marley's death, gets an unexpected visitor in the form of Nick Cline. He's the boy who pulled the trigger on what he didn't know was a loaded gun. Since then, nothing in the quiet desert town of Cadence, California has ever been the same.
Nick's surprise reappearance puts all the Kids of Albany Lane in one place for the first time since Marley died. The once-inseparable group of neighborhood friends, formerly led by Marley herself, has disbanded. But when Olivia discovers a scavenger hunt orchestrated by Marley before she died, the group must come together again to complete it, reopening old wounds and unearthing new questions about what really happened. Most importantly, did Marley know the gun was loaded?
"A thrilling, adventure-filled story that captures the anguish of losing a friend."―Kirkus
