A Lite Too Bright by Samuel Miller

A Lite Too Bright

Samuel Miller

HarperCollins · Paperback · August 6, 2019

For fans of literary classics such as The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of Being a Wallflower comes a stirring new thought-provoking novel from debut author Sam Miller about a loss shrouded in mystery with twists and turns down every railway.

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Who it’s for
A family mystery and a cross-country rail journey give this coming-of-age story a searching, layered pull.
Genres
YA Mysteries, Mental Illness for Teens, Coming of Age
Published
HarperCollins, August 6, 2019

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For fans of literary classics such as The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of Being a Wallflower comes a stirring new thought-provoking novel from debut author Sam Miller about a loss shrouded in mystery with twists and turns down every railway. Arthur Louis Pullman the Third is on the verge of a breakdown. He’s been stripped of his college scholarship, is losing his grip on reality, and has been sent away to live with his aunt and uncle.

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It’s there that Arthur discovers a journal written by his grandfather, the first Arthur Louis Pullman, an iconic Salinger-esque author who went missing the last week of his life and died hundreds of miles away from their family home. What happened in that week—and how much his actions were influenced by his Alzheimer’s—remains a mystery. But now Arthur has his grandfather’s journal—and a final sentence containing a train route and a destination. So Arthur embarks on a cross-country train ride to relive his grandfather’s last week, guided only by the clues left behind in the dementia-fueled journal. As Arthur gets closer to uncovering a sad and terrible truth, his journey is complicated by a shaky alliance with a girl who has secrets of her own and by escalating run-ins with a dangerous Pullman fan base. Arthur’s not the only one chasing a legacy—and some feel there is no cost too high for the truth.

Along the Rails

A family mystery and a cross-country rail journey give this coming-of-age story a searching, layered pull.

Come here for

  • A grandfather’s journal, a vanished final week, and clues threaded along a rail route

Expect

  • A serious coming-of-age mystery where family legacy and uncertain memory travel together

Where it sits

YA Mysteries67%
Mental Illness for Teens58%
Coming of Age57%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Coming of Age
  • Multigenerational YA Stories
  • Historical YA - Europe
  • Medieval YA
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  • US Historical YA
  • Literary YA
  • Novels in Verse for Teens
  • YA Poetry
Authors
Samuel Miller
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
August 6, 2019
Format
Paperback
Reading lane
Coming of Age