February Book Club: The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun Hutchinson

In February, we’ll be reading The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun Hutchinson!

The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley (Simon Pulse, 2015)

Andrew Brawley was supposed to die that night. His parents did, and so did his sister, but he survived.

Now he lives in the hospital. He serves food in the cafeteria, he hangs out with the nurses, and he sleeps in a forgotten supply closet. Drew blends in to near invisibility, hiding from his past, his guilt, and those who are trying to find him.

Then one night Rusty is wheeled into the ER, burned on half his body by hateful classmates. His agony calls out to Drew like a beacon, pulling them both together through all their pain and grief. In Rusty, Drew sees hope, happiness, and a future for both of them. A future outside the hospital, and away from their pasts.

But Drew knows that life is never that simple. Death roams the hospital, searching for Drew, and now Rusty. Drew lost his family, but he refuses to lose Rusty, too, so he’s determined to make things right. He’s determined to bargain, and to settle his debts once and for all.

But Death is not easily placated, and Drew’s life will have to get worse before there is any chance for things to get better.

A partly graphic novel.

Here’s a great review by Amanda Macgregor at Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Here are the buy links!

We’ll be discussing both on Twitter and on Tumblr.

On tumblr, track and post in the GayYA Book Club tag. You can feel free to post reactions/thoughts as you read, reviews, pictures, introductions of who you are, fan art… anything you want, that’s related to The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley. GayYA’s tumblr account, thegayya, will reblog things so more people will see them!