Dive Smack, Demetra Brodsky
Dive Smack, Demetra Brodsky
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Dive Smack

Author: Demetra Brodsky

Narrator: Michael Crouch

Unabridged: 11 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/19/2018

Synopsis

From Demetra Brodsky comes Dive Smack, a riveting new audiobook that will have listeners hooked.

Theo Mackey only remembers one thing for certain about the fire that destroyed his home: he lit the match.

Sure, it was an accident. But the blaze killed his mom and set his dad on a path to self-destruction. Everything else about that fateful night is full of gaping holes in Theo’s mind, for good reason. Maybe it’s better that way. As captain of the Ellis Hollow Diving Team, with straight A's and solid friends, he's only one semester away from securing a scholarship, and leaving his past behind.

But when a family history project gets assigned at school, new memories come rushing to the surface, memories that make Theo question what he really knows about his family, the night of the fire, and if he can trust anyone—including himself.

About Demetra Brodsky

Demetra Brodsky is the author of Last Girls, a 2021 International Thriller Writers Finalist for Best Young Adult Book, one of CNN Underscored’s Best Books of May 2020, a 2021 Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) Reading Circle Commission Recommended Title, and a finalist for the 20222-2023 Black-eyed Susan Award. Dive Smack, her debut novel, is a 2018 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, ALAN Pick (The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE), and a Spring/Summer 2018 Publishers Marketplace Buzz Book for Young Adults. She is the proud daughter of Greek immigrants and has a profound appreciation for personal histories and travel. She lives in Southern California with her partner and two adorable rescue dogs. Say hi on social media @demetrabrodskybooks.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christy

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Goodreads review by Bookwraiths

Originally reviewed at Bookwraiths. My rating is 2.5 stars. Dive Smack by Demetra Brodsky is a solid debut novel, one which tells an easy to follow story filled with enough mystery, suspense, and supernatural elements to keep readers turning the pages. Theo is a high school kid dealing with a lot of st......more

Goodreads review by chloe

4.5 stars :D......more

Goodreads review by Vicky Again

4 stars I really enjoyed reading this one! It was a very solid debut, and only got better as I read on. I'm going to treat this review like ripping off the bandaid, taking care of the few meh things first, before jumping on all the positives (and there's a lot of them--positives that is). There were a......more

Goodreads review by Kristi Housman

This was a great debut that was hard to put down! Theo lives with his grandpa (GP).  His mom was killed in a fire when he was younger.  A fire that he started.  His father had a heart attack and died a year ago, too.  GP has been coping with the death by being drunk all the time.  Theo's "Uncle Phil"......more

Quotes

"A twisty, witty thriller readers will love puzzling through to the very end. A visceral, delightful debut." -- Carrie Mesrobian, author of William C. Morris award finalist Sex & Violence

"This riveting debut will plunge readers into an accelerating coil of twists and turns as if in free fall, plummeting them from a precipice as they cling to the dwindling hope of safe entry into the mysterious darkness below." --S.A. Bodeen, author of The Compound

"Complex, thrilling, and with a pitch-perfect narrative voice, Dive Smack will leave you on the edge of your seat and unable to put this one down." --C. Desir, author of Bleed Like Me

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