My Ivory Summer — Philip Henry

Marcus Tully has problems; he's in love with a girl he's never spoken to, he's overweight, he's about to finish high school and has no idea what to do with his life, his best friends are slowly drifting away, he hasn't seen his mother in years, and he doesn't trust his step-mother's motives for marrying his father. And then there's the dead girl in the woods.... In the next few days truths will be revealed and secrets unearthed... and Marcus's life will never be the same again.