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In 1966, when his father's attempted suicide causes the ostracism of the family in their small Montana community, fourteen-year-old Nate copes with his sadness and anger by trying to win the school science fair.
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2 editions- Other · English · 2006Simon & Schuster · 274 pages · 9781416926993
- Other · English · 2005Atheneum Books for Young Readers · 274 pages · 9780689871528
SuicideMiddle schoolsProblem familiesMental DepressionJuvenile fictionFamily problemsFictionSchools













