The Death-Defying Pepper Roux
Geraldine McCaughrean
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars
3.40
· 10 ratings · 336 pages · Published: 01 Oct 2009
Pepper's fourteenth birthday is a momentous one.Everyone seems resigned to it—even Pepper, although he would much prefer to live. But can you sidestep Fate? Jump sideways into a different life? Naïve and trusting, Pepper sets a course through dangerous waters, inviting disaster and mayhem at every turn, one eye on the sky for fear of angels, one on the magnificent possibilities of being alive.
It's the day he's supposed to die.
New York Times bestselling and Printz Award-winning author GeraldineMcCaughrean has created a gripping tale filled with dark humor and daringescapades, where the key to a boy's lifelies in facing his own death.
Join him on the run—if you can keep up.
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