EVIDENCE
OF THINGS NOT SEEN
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By Lindsey Lane
Genre: YA / Mystery / Suspense
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date of Publication: December 16, 2015
Number of Pages: 240
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Tommy Smythe is missing.
Fact: Tommy was good at physics and less good at basic human interactions.
Fact: Tommy recorded his thoughts and observations in a notebook.
Fact: Tommy believed in the existence of parallel universes.
Fact: Tommy was adopted.
The facts are simple. The conclusions to be drawn from the facts are not simple. Did he run away to find his birth parents? Did he slip through a wormhole and enter one of the multiple universes he believed in? Did he simply wander off?
Only one thing is certain: until a possibility is proven true, all possibilities exist.
Told through multiple perspectives, here is a story about how residents of a small town seek answers to the mystery of a teen’s disappearance.
PRAISE FOR EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN:
The facts are simple. The conclusions to be drawn from the facts are not simple. Did he run away to find his birth parents? Did he slip through a wormhole and enter one of the multiple universes he believed in? Did he simply wander off?
Only one thing is certain: until a possibility is proven true, all possibilities exist.
Told through multiple perspectives, here is a story about how residents of a small town seek answers to the mystery of a teen’s disappearance.
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PRAISE FOR EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN:
“In her first novel for teens, Lane offers a gripping and genre bending mosaic.” - Publishers Weekly
“Complex and Rich” - Horn Book
"This is the kind of book you tuck in with and escape into, and it will stay with you long after you finish the last lines. Haunting and beautiful.” - Jennifer Mathieu, author of The Truth About Alice, Devoted, and Afterward
“The narrative jiggers between unexpected opposites—joy and fear, love and violence, grief and hope—all the while holding forth the constant idea that the world offers us credible evidence of what seems impossible if we only know where to look.” J.L. Powers, author of Amina, This Thing Called The Future, and the forthcoming Broken Circle
"Ever look at a pearl and notice that its one color is, in fact, many colors? That’s the beauty of EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN, the stunning debut novel by Lindsey Lane.” - Conrad Wesselhoeft, author of Adios Nirvana, Dirt Bikes, Drones and Other Ways To Fly
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Lindsey Lane’s Evidence of Things Not Seen Playlist
I know that some writers assemble sound tracks for their novels. Others put together play lists for each character. My playlist process for Evidence was different. In some cases, I imagined these songs playing on the radio as the characters drove along US 281 or when they walked into the Whip In. In many other cases, I would be out driving and one of these songs would come on and suddenly I would be driving along the pages of the novel, thinking about the pull out and Tommy and Maricela and…
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THE PLAYLIST:
Texas Flood—Stevie Ray Vaughan
Cross Road Blues—Robert Johnson
Dallas—Flatlanders
Car Wheels on a Gravel Drive—Lucinda Williams
Hard Times in Babylon—Eliza Gilkyson
The Road to Ensenada—Lyle Lovett
Lenny—Stevie Ray Vaughan
If I Had A Boat—Lyle Lovett
Where’s Johnny—James McMurtry
Pancho & Lefty—Townes Van Zandt
Little Wing—Stevie Ray Vaughan
Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground—Willie Nelson
Angel From Montgomery—Bonnie Raitt
Girl From the North Country—Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash
Roll Um Easy—Little Feat
You Can’t Resist It—Lyle Lovett
The Waltzing Fool—Lyle Lovett
Closing Time—Lyle Lovett
Lindsey Lane is the author of the young adult novel Evidence of Things Not Seen (Farrar Straus Giroux) and the award-winning picture book and iTunes app Snuggle Mountain (Clarion/PicPocket Books). She is represented by Erin Murphy Literary Agency. Before she received her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2010, Lindsey was a features journalist (Austin Chronicle and Austin American Statesman) and an award-winning playwright (The Miracle of Washing Dishes). Lindsey is a featured presenter at schools and conferences and universities and also teaches writing at Austin Community College, Writers League of Texas, and the Writing Barn. She lives in Austin, Texas but loves to travel, especially to the ocean. She loves books, films, good food and her cadre of dear friends. Her idea of a perfect evening is having a dinner party at her home with friends from around the world and discussing everything under the sun while eating, drinking, and laughing.
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4/13 | Playlist | |
4/14 | Review | |
4/15 | Excerpt | |
4/16 | Author Interview | |
4/17 | Review | |
4/18 | Scrapbook | |
4/19 | Review | |
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