Event purchases through Mysterious Galaxy not only keeps our bookstore doors open, but also makes author signings possible. Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas (Cerebral Palsy) One for All by Lillie Lainoff (Chronic Illness) The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones (Chronic Illness). Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas - 9781547600021 We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. In Samsboro, Kentucky, Kalyn Spence's name is inseparable from the brutal murder her father committed when he was a teenager. To get a book signed during one of our events, a copy of the event book must be purchased through Mysterious Galaxy. Wild and Crooked by Leah Thomas, 9781547600021, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. Critically acclaimed author Leah Thomas blends a small-town setting with the secrets of a long-ago crime, in a compelling novel about breaking free from the past. This event is free and seating is first come, first serve. Can they overcome prejudice and discover who Gus’ father’s real killer is? On the opposite side of the class divide, Gus is called “gay and confused, the disabled kid,” or “the kid whose dad got murdered.” When a budding friendship begins between these two, their pasts begin to threaten everything. Gay, impoverished, and feminist, Kalyn-Rose is a frequent target of harassment. Kalyn-Rose’s family has never been forgiven for the murder of a local golden boy decades earlier, her own father accused and convicted of the crime. Wild and Crooked, Leah’s latest work, is a brilliant YA story told in three voices and six “acts.” The memory of a murder keeps the small Kentucky town of Samsboro divided. Morris YA Debut Award finalist, and she is also the author of When Light Left Us, and Nowhere Near You.

Her debut novel Because You’ll Never Meet Me was a William C.

Critically-acclaimed author Leah Thomas is a local San Diegan as well as an educator and avid cosplayer.