Personal Effects, E. M. Kokie
Personal Effects, E. M. Kokie
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Personal Effects

Author: E. M. Kokie

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 9 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/11/2012

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Matt Foster thought that if he could only get his hands on his brother’s stuff from Iraq, he’d be able to make sense of his death. He wasn’t expecting T.J.’s personal effects to raise even more questions about his life.Now, even if it means pushing his dad over the edge…even if it means losing his best friend…even if it means getting expelled from school…Matt will do whatever it takes to find out the truth about his brother’s past.With compassion, humor, and a compelling narrative voice, E. M. Kokie explores grief and self-discovery in this powerful first novel.

About E. M. Kokie

E. M. Kokie is a lawyer who has long had an interest in literature for teens. She says, “Being a lawyer isn’t so different from being a writer — the same observant and analytical nature that helps me see a dispute from multiple points of view also helps me get inside the head of a character and see the world through his eyes. From the beginning, Matt’s voice felt so strong and real to me — I could practically taste his anger and frustration. I wrote the rest of the novel to get to know him better, to figure out why he was so angry.” E. M. Kokie lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelly

Now that Matt's brother TJ has died in combat and he's had time to move past the initial shock, he wants to know more about who his brother really was. When the footlockers of TJ's personal effects show up at their home, he takes a chance and goes through them when his father is out. What he finds l......more

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