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Now is not the time to panic : a novel / Kevin Wilson.

Summary:
An exuberant, bighearted novel about two teenage misfits who spectacularly collide one fateful summer, and the art they make that changes their lives forever. Sixteen-year-old Frankie Budge-- aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner-- is determined to make it through yet another sad summer in Coalfield, Tennessee, when she meets Zeke, a talented artist who has just moved into his grandmother's unhappy house and who is as lonely and awkward as Frankie is. Romantic and creative sparks begin to fly, and when the two jointly make an unsigned poster, shot through with an enigmatic phrase, it becomes unforgettable to anyone who sees it. The edge is a shantytown filled with gold seekers. We are fugitives, and the law is skinny with hunger for us. The posters begin appearing everywhere, and people wonder who is behind them. Satanists, kidnappers-- the rumors won't stop, and soon the mystery has dangerous repercussions that spread far beyond the town. The art that brought Frankie and Zeke together now threatens to tear them apart. Twenty years later, Frances Eleanor Budge-- famous author, mom to a wonderful daughter, wife to a loving husband-- gets a call that threatens to upend everything: a journalist named Mazzy Brower is writing a story about the Coalfield Panic of 1996. Might Frances know something about that? And will what she knows destroy the life she's so carefully built? A bold coming-of-age story, written with Kevin Wilson's trademark wit and blazing prose, Now Is Not The Time to Panic is a nuanced exploration of young love, identity, and the power of art. It's also about the secrets that haunt us-- and, ultimately, what the truth will set free.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062913500 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 0062913506 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 246 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
Subject: Teenage artists > Fiction.
Moral panics > Fiction.
Art and social conflict > Fiction.
Posters > Fiction.
Rumor > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Art > Fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) > Fiction.
Coalfield (Tenn.) > Fiction.
Genre: Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 57 of 59 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 59 total copies.
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Abington Community Library FICTION WILSON (Text) 50687011805150 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION WILSON (Text) 50686016242971 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION WILSON (Text) 50686016246840 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library LARGE TYPE WILSON (Text) 50686016248929 Adult Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F WIL (Text) 33240005153427 Adult Fiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library F Wil (Text) 00156195 ADULT Fiction Available -
Bangor Public Library F WIL (Text) 75011000386885 Adult Fiction Available -
Boone Area Library WIL (Text) 33249024517256 Fiction Available -
Boyertown Community Library WIL (Text) 33249024849592 Fiction Available -
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