The Loudness
A Novel
Nick Courage
- Henry
- Long
- doesn’t
- have
- a
- heart.Since
- the
- Tragedies,
- he
- doesn’t
- have
- much:
- just
- an
- annoying
- low-watt
- buzz
- from
- his
- makeshift
- transplant,
- skinny
- arms,
- and
- a
- dusty
- library
- attic
- from
- which
- he
- charts
- the
- slow
- progress
- of
- reconstruction
- in
- the
- Green
- Zone,
- the
- last
- habitable
- neighborhood
- of
- his
- troubled
- coastal
- city.
- While
- his
- parents
- work
- on
- making
- the
- Green
- Zone
- independent
- from
- a
- federal
- government
- that
- appears
- to
- have
- abandoned
- them,
- Henry
- himself
- feels
- increasingly
- left
- on
- his
- own-that
- is,
- until
- he
- discovers
- a
- refugee
- artists’
- colony
- called
- the
- Other
- Side.
- When
- the
- federales
- don’t
- take
- kindly
- to
- the
- Green
- Zone’s
- attempts
- at
- secession
- and
- kidnap
- Henry’s
- parents,
- Henry
- and
- his
- new
- renegade
- friends
- are
- forced
- from
- the
- colorful
- streets
- and
- underground
- rock
- clubs
- of
- the
- Other
- Side
- to
- an
- overcrowded
- capital
- city
- on
- the
- verge
- of
- collapse.As
- Henry
- uncovers
- more
- about
- the
- conflicting
- forces
- that
- run
- his
- corner
- of
- the
- world,
- he
- realizes
- that
- not
- everyone
- is
- who
- they
- seem
- to
- be-himself
- included.
- His
- artificial
- heart
- may
- turn
- out
- to
- be
- more
- of
- a
- blessing
- than
- a
- curse.
- In
- this
- stunning,
- fast-paced,
- and
- punk
- rock
- like
- first
- middle
- grade
- novel
- by
- author
- Nick
- Courage,
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