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In the Wild Light
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In the Wild Light is a 2021 Coming-of-Age novel by award-winning American Author Jeff Zentner. In 2022, In the Wild Light won the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award for young adult novels.[1] It was also in the 2021 Cybils Young Adult fiction finalists,[2] the 2021 AML award Young Adult Novel finalists,[3][4] and the 2021 Earphone Award for its audiobook read by Michael Crouch.[5] The Young Adult Library Services Association listed it in the Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults in 2022.[6] The novel is described as a spiritual sequel to his previous award-winning book The Serpent King.[7]
The writing of this book, including writing poetry the characters write and reflect on, consequently inspired Zentner to write a novel of verse Sunrise Nights with author Brittany Cavallaro who has a M.F.A in poetry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[8][9][10]
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Plot
Cash Pruitt and Delaney Doyle are in their sophomore year of high school and residents of Sawyer, Tennessee. Delaney, an early science prodigy, discovers mold that feeds on antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a local cave, and is offered a full-ride scholarship to the prestigious Middleford Academy in Connecticut. They are best friends, bonded through love and loss, but once Delaney leaves their small world, it is up to Cash to follow her somewhere new and care for the old town they're leaving while writing his own story.
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