Compound Fracture (novel)

{{Short description|2024 novel by Andrew Joseph White}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

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|author=Andrew Joseph White

|country=United States

|language=English

|genre=Thriller, Horror

|publisher=Peachtree Teen

|pub_date=September 3, 2024

|pages=370

|isbn=9781682636121

}}

Compound Fracture is a 2024 thriller young adult novel by Andrew Joseph White published by Peachtree Teen. Set in West Virginia in 2017, the story follows Miles Abernathy, a trans, autistic teen, whose family is part of an ongoing feud with the sheriff over the exploitation of the locals. He releases photographic evidence of the sheriff staging an accident that injured his father and killed others and is beaten close to death by the sheriff's son in retaliation. After recovering he becomes haunted by the spirit of Saint Abernathy, an executed relative.{{cite web | last=Brown | first=Alex | title=Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White: Review by Alex Brown | website=Locus Magazine| date=2025-01-10 | url=https://locusmag.com/2025/01/compound-fracture-by-andrew-joseph-white-review-by-alex-brown/ | access-date=2025-02-01}} The book received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews and was listed as one of the best Young Adult Books of 2024 by Paste Magazine.{{cite web | title=Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White | website=PublishersWeekly.com | url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-68263-612-1 | access-date=2025-02-01}}{{cite web | title=COMPOUND FRACTURE | website=Kirkus Reviews | date=2024-05-30 | url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/andrew-joseph-white/compound-fracture/ | access-date=2025-02-01}}{{cite web |last=Milas|first=Lacy Baugher| title=The Best YA Books of 2024 | website=Paste Magazine | date=2024-12-23 | url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/young-adult/the-best-ya-books-of-2024 | access-date=2025-02-01}}