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The Whispers

Greg Howard

2019256 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2019
first published
  • 2019Penguin Books, Limited · ENGISBN 9780241367094
  • 2019Penguin Books, Limited · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780241367087
  • 2020Penguin Young Readers Group · ENGISBN 9780525517511
  • 2019G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers · 256 pagesISBN 9780525517498

Eleven-year-old Riley believes in the whispers, magical fairies that will grant you wishes if you leave them tributes. Riley has a lot of wishes. He wishes bullies at school would stop picking on him. He wishes Dylan, his 8th grade crush, liked him, and Riley wishes he would stop wetting the bed. But most of all, Riley wishes for his mom to come back home. She disappeared a few months ago, and Riley is determined to crack the case. He even meets with a detective, Frank, to go over his witness statement time and time again. Frustrated with the lack of progress in the investigation, Riley decides to take matters into his own hands. So he goes on a camping trip with his friend Gary to find the whispers and ask them to bring his mom back home. But Riley doesn't realize the trip will shake the foundation of everything that he believes in forever.

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Plot intensityEventful

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ThemesJustice
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