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The Grateful Boys
The Grateful Boys
The Grateful Boys
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When seventeen-year-old Hailey's multi-racial, single parent family migrate to the tiny rural town of Corpus, Georgia (population 700), she would rather have moved anywhere but there. That is, until she spots him. Mysterious definitely, perhaps even supernatural. Where Hailey is awe-struck by the young man of her dreams, her little brother, Mason, sees a soulless creature of the night, a half-man who may be responsible for a series of grisly murders across the southern gothic town. Antwan Zeddman, the town's first African-American Sheriff, must enforce a curfew in Corpus to ensure the safety of the townsfolk. He must contend with sightings of hellish winged beasts and investigate the slaying of an innocent young couple traveling through town. There is a growing sense of racial unrest. Hailey will find herself caught between her family, the residents of Corpus, and the vampire she's falling in love with. The Grateful Boys is an otherworldly Young Adult novel which explores the challenges of growing up mixed raced in the southern states of America, and the troubles of a young woman coming of age in a town full of danger and temptation.
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Release dateOct 1, 2019
ISBN9781913136475
The Grateful Boys
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Françoise  DuMaurier

Françoise DuMaurier is a writer and educator from Augusta, Georgia, USA. This is her first novel for young adults and she has a special interest in the experience of black and mixed race teenagers coming of age in the American south.

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