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Whirligig (novel)
1998 novel by Paul Fleischman
Whirligig is a 1998 novel by Paul Fleischman. It is about a teenager who builds a Whirligig in each of the corners of the United States in order to pay restitution (and to find redemption for himself) after he kills another person, by accident, in a suicide attempt by car crash.[1]
Plot
Seventeen-year-old Brent Bishop has moved with his parents in Chicago, Illinois.
Whirligig summary by paul fleischman biography
He goes to a party in an attempt to fit in and become popular. He decides to talk to Brianna, a popular girl at the party. She yells at him to stop bothering her and to leave her alone. Chaz, the party host, mocks him for his actions at the party.
Angered, Brent retaliates and then drives away, upset, and embarrassed.
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After committing social suicide, he comes to the conclusion that real suicide is the only future for him. In his own mind, he is a king, driven by depression and alcohol. He crashes into a car driven by a girl named Lea Zamora.
Brent surv