Year 08 - English Text - The Simple Gift: Home

Thanks to their dad, Josh Bell and his twin brother, Jordan, are kings on the court. But Josh has more than basketball in his blood - he's got mad beats, too, which help him find his rhythm when it's all on the line. See the Bell family in this graphic novel as the brothers' winning season unfolds, and the world as they know it begins to change.

Lottie, the daughter of German migrants, develops a fascination for death after losing her mother at a young age. When Lottie begins collecting dead animals, her aunt tries to redirect her energies into more 'feminine' activities. But her father encourages her interest, recognizing a scientist's curiosity.

Nothing much happens in the coal town, except for fightsat the pub. Then one night a young girl is found dead by the river, and every man comes under suspicion: Eddie and his brother Larry, their embittered dad, the secretive school teacher, even the powerful mayor. People can't look each other in the eye; anyone could be a murderer. The policeman knows he must move fast, before the miners react, but it's Eddie's father who takes the law into his own hands. What Eddie sees at the railway bridge means there's no going back.