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Cold

A Novel

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Cold

By: Mariko Tamaki
Narrated by: Katharine Chin, Raymond J. Lee
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A boy, a body, a girl, a secret. From award-winning author Mariko Tamaki, Cold is a haunting YA audiobook about a shocking murder in a quiet town and four students who knew too much and said too little.

This is the story of a boy who died - and a girl who wants to know why.

Todd Mayer is dead. Now he's some sort of ghost, hovering over his body, which has just been found in the town park, naked and frozen in the snow. As detectives investigate Todd's homicide, talking to the very people who are responsible for how he died, Todd replays the events that lead him to his end in the park.

Georgia didn't know Todd. But she can’t stop thinking about him. Maybe because they’re both outcasts at their school, or because they’re both queer. It might also be because Georgia has a feeling she’s seen Todd somewhere before, somewhere he wasn’t supposed to be.

In the vein of The Lovely Bones, this dual narrative is told through the voices of Todd in his afterlife and Georgia as she uncovers the truth behind his death, resulting in an immersive, emotional, and provocative listen.

A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press

©2022 Mariko Tamaki (P)2022 Macmillan Audio
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2023, California Book Awards Master List, Short-listed

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Starkly elegant and startling in its honesty, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 is a story that will linger on my mind for quite a long while. I raise my glass to the very capable author…

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