The Loudness

A Novel

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  • 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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  • propelled
  • into
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  • world
  • where
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