"Dill has had to wrestle with vipers his whole life--at home, as the only son of a Pentacostal minister who urges him to handle poisonous rattlesnakes, and at school where he faces down bullies who target him for his father's extreme faith and a very public fall from grace. The only antidote to all this venom is his friendship with fellow outcasts Travis and Lydia. [...] Graduation feels more like an ending to Dill than a beginning. But even before then, he must cope with another ending--one that will rock his life to the core."--Dust jacket flap.