Publication Date: March 2020

Synopsis:

The Gemini Thief could be anyone. Your father, your mother, your best friend’s crazy uncle. Some country music star’s deranged sister. Anyone.

The Gemini Thief is a serial kidnapper, who takes three boys and holds them captive from June 1st to June 30th of the following year. The June Boys endure thirteen months of being stolen, hidden, observed, and fed before they are released, unharmed, by their masked captor. The Thief is a pro, having eluded authorities for nearly a decade and taken at least twelve boys. Now Thea Delacroix has reason to believe the Gemini Thief took a thirteenth victim: her cousin, Aulus McClaghen.

But the game changes when one of the kidnapped boys turns up dead. Together with her boyfriend Nick and her best friends, Thea is determined to find the Gemini Thief and the remaining boys before it’s too late. Only she’s beginning to wonder something sinister, something repulsive, something unbelievable, and yet, not impossible: What if her father is the Gemini Thief?

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What To Expect:

The June Boys is a gripping young adult suspense novel that tells an emotional story of small towns, rumors, and journeying through darkness. Readers can expect jarring plot twists and a touch of clean romance.

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Content Warnings:

Language: None

Sexual Content: Clean – Brief kissing and some internal speculation about physical intimacy in a relationship (not necessarily sex).

Violence: Mild to Moderate – A body is found and several abductions are described in brief, non-gory detail. One scene of gun violence and blood. Kidnapping.

Substance Use: Mild – Smoking cigarettes

Prejudices: Mild – Some mention of prejudice against blacks in the South (mentioned only as an unfortunate part of the culture; not condoned).

Religious Themes: God and prayer are important to the plot, however religious elements overall are low-key.

Other Topics: Mental health issues, difficult family relationships and abandonment

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