Bright Lights, Dark Nights (38 page)

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18. They Don't Know—Jon B

19. My Love Is Your Love—Whitney Houston

20. Ordinary People—John Legend

 

About the Author

Stephen Emond
is the creator of the Emo Boy comic series, two illustrated young adult novels,
Happyface
and
Winter Town,
and
Steverino
, a comic strip that ran in his local Connecticut newspaper. You can sign up for email updates
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Also by
Stephen Emond

Winter Town

Happyface

 

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Author's Note

Acknowledgments

Bonus Material

About the Author

Also by Stephen Emond

Copyright

 

Text copyright © 2015 by Stephen Emond

Illustrations copyright ©2015 by Stephen Emond

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

 

Emond, Stephen.

    Bright lights, dark nights / Stephen Emond.—First edition.

        pages cm

    Summary: Walter Wilcox's first love, Naomi, happens to be African American, so when Walter's policeman father is caught in a racial profiling scandal, the teens' bond and mutual love of the Foo Fighters may not be enough to keep them together through the pressures they face at school, at home, and online.

    ISBN 978-1-62672-206-4 (hardback)—ISBN 978-1-62672-207-1 (e-book) [1. Dating (Social customs)—Fiction.  2. Race relations—Fiction.  3. Best friends—Fiction.  4. Friendship—Fiction.  5. Single-parent families—Fiction.  6. Fathers and sons—Fiction.  7. High schools—Fiction.  8. Schools—Fiction.]  I. Title.