Collegeboard recommended
Library recommended
New York Times
The Serpent King
by Jeff Zentner/Book+Image+The+Serpent+King.jpg)
Details
Pages
400
Word Count
77345
Lexile
660L
AR
4.4
Grade Level
G7 - G8
Genre
Realistic Fiction
Summary
Dill isn't the most popular kid at his rural Tennessee high school. After his father fell from grace in a public scandal that reverberated throughout their small town, Dill became a target. Fortunately, his two fellow misfits and best friends, Travis and Lydia, have his back.
But as they begin their senior year, Dill feels the coils of his future tightening around him. His only escapes are music and his secret feelings for Lydia--neither of which he is brave enough to share. Graduation feels more like an ending to Dill than a beginning. But even before then, he must cope with another ending--one that will rock his life to the core.
Debut novelist Jeff Zentner provides an unblinking and at times comic view of the hard realities of growing up in the Bible belt, and an intimate look at the struggles to find one’s true self in the wreckage of the past.
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