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China, 1957. Mao Tsé-Tung declarou uma nova política na sociedade: 'Deixem que uma centena de flores desabroche; deixem que uma centena de escolas de pensamento discorde'. Muitos intelectuais acreditaram, por medo, que a abertura fosse apenas um truque do governo, e o marido de Ying Kai, Sheng, prometera não se comprometer para não colocar em perigo a sua segurança ou a de seu jovem filho, Tao. Mas em uma manhã de julho, pouco antes do seu sexto aniversário, Tao se surpreende com a ausência de seu pai.

Hadley Jamison se lleva una buena sorpresa cuando se entera de que su compañero de clase, Archer Morales, se ha suicidado. No lo conocía muy bien, era un chico tranquilo y reservado, pero aun así no puede dejar de pensar que podría haber hecho algo para ayudarlo.

From award-winning YA author Alison Gervais comes a contemporary mystery about a teen writer determined to discover what happened to a missing classmate, who finds herself caught up with a pair of very familiar detectives named Watson and Holmes. All her awakening powers of observation will be put to the test as she finds that the thing she thought was holding her back just might be her greatest strength.

Hadley Jamison is shocked when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, has committed suicide. She didn't know the quiet, reserved guy very well, but that doesn't stop her from feeling there was something she could have done to help him. Hoping to find some sense of closure, Hadley attends Archer's funeral. There, Hadley is approached by a man who calls himself Death and offers her a deal. If Hadley accepts, she will be sent back 27 days in time to prevent Archer from killing himself.

Deaf teen Maya moves across the country and must attend a hearing school for the first time. As if that wasn’t hard enough, she also has to adjust to the hearing culture, which she finds frustrating - and also surprising when some classmates, including Beau Watson, take time to learn ASL. As Maya looks past graduation and focuses on her future dreams, nothing, not even an unexpected romance, will derail her pursuits.