A Perfect Mistake

Written by Melanie Conklin

A boy must uncover the truth of a mysterious night to save his friendships and himself.

4.1/5 Goodreads · 1,114 ratings

272 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Max, grappling with ADHD and towering over his peers, faces a haunting mystery. After a night in the woods leaves his friend Will in a coma and Joey distant, Max is driven to uncover the truth. With the authorities stumped, he teams up with Sam, a budding journalist, to piece together the events of that fateful night. But as they dig deeper, they find that some in their community would rather the past stay buried. Can Max unlock the secrets of that night and mend his fractured friendships, or will the truth remain elusive?

From the publisher

A moving, voice-driven novel about friendship, responsibility, and fighting against unfair expectations, for fans of Rebecca Stead and Erin Entrada Kelly. Max wishes he could go back in time to before he was diagnosed with ADHD, before he grew to be the tallest kid in his class, and before he and his best friends went into the woods in the middle of the night. Max doesn’t remember what happened after he left his friends Will and Joey and the older kids who took them there. He’s not sure if he wants to remember. Knowing isn’t going to make Joey talk to him again, or bring Will out of his coma. When the local authorities run out of leads, Max realizes that without his help, they may never know what really happened to Will. Charged by the idea that he may be the key to uncovering the truth, Max pairs up with classmate and aspiring journalist Sam to investigate what really happened that night. But not everyone in the community wants that night to be remembered.

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