Two isolated teens struggle against their complicated lives to find a true connection in this вЂњtimely and timelessвЂќ (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) debut novel about first love and the wreckage of growing up. Up to Heaven and Down to Hell casts AmericaвЂ™s ideas about freedom and property rights in a troubling new light, revealing how your personal choices can undermine your neighborsвЂ™ liberty, and how the exercise of individual rights can bring unintended environmental consequences for us all. In this deeply intimate book, he reveals how the decision to lease brings financial rewards but can also cause irreparable harm to neighbors, to communal resources like air and water, and even to oneself. Colin Jerolmack spent eight months living with rural communities outside of Williamsport as they confronted the tension between property rights and the commonwealth. The United States is the only country in the world where property rights commonly extend 'up to heaven and down to hell,' which means that landowners have the exclusive right to lease their subsurface mineral estates to petroleum companies. Up to Heaven and Down to Hell is a vivid and sometimes heartbreaking account of what happens when one of the most momentous decisions about the well-being of our communities and our planet-whether or not to extract shale gas and oil from the very land beneath our feet-is largely a private choice that millions of ordinary people make without the public's consent. But in greater Williamsport, Pennsylvania, fracking is personal. And as EvvieвЂ™s talents waken, something dark comes loose and threatens to resurfaceвЂ¦ And when the demons of EvvieвЂ™s past finally shake free, she must embrace her mighty lineage, and summon the power that lies within her.ДЄ riveting portrait of a rural Pennsylvania town at the center of the fracking controversy Shale gas extraction-commonly known as fracking-is often portrayed as an energy revolution that will transform the American economy and geopolitics. Her family calls it jubilation-a gift passed down from generations of black women since the time of slavery. On top of all that, EvvieвЂ™s magic abilities are growing stronger by the day. She has two little sisters to look after, an overworked single mother, and a longtime crush who is finally making a move. But Evalene Deschamps has other things to worry about.

In the Jim Crow South, white supremacy reigns and tensions are high. вЂњA compelling story of first love and battling racism with a magical twist.вЂќ -Kirkus Reviews (starred review) вЂњWell-told, fast-paced.вЂќ -School Library Journal (starred review) From the award-winning author of The Truth of Right Now comes a stunning, grounded fantasy in the vein of Dread Nation that follows a black teen as she finds her place among a family of women gifted with magical abilities.

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