How to Say Goodbye in Robot

From bestselling author Natalie Standiford, an amazing, touching story of two friends navigating the dark waters of their senior year.New to town, Beatrice is expecting her new best friend to be one of the girls she meets on the first day. But instead, the alphabet conspires to seat her next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet loner who hasn't made a new friend since third grade. Something about him, though, gets to Bea, and soon they form an unexpected friendship. It's not romance, exactly - but it's definitely love. Still, Bea can't quite dispel Jonah's gloom and doom - and as she finds out his family history, she understands why. Can Bea help Jonah? Or is he destined to vanish?

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How to Say Goodbye in Robot

From bestselling author Natalie Standiford, an amazing, touching story of two friends navigating the dark waters of their senior year.New to town, Beatrice is expecting her new best friend to be one of the girls she meets on the first day. But instead, the alphabet conspires to seat her next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet loner who hasn't made a new friend since third grade. Something about him, though, gets to Bea, and soon they form an unexpected friendship. It's not romance, exactly - but it's definitely love. Still, Bea can't quite dispel Jonah's gloom and doom - and as she finds out his family history, she understands why. Can Bea help Jonah? Or is he destined to vanish?

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How to Say Goodbye in Robot

How to Say Goodbye in Robot

by Natalie Standiford

Narrated by Kate Rudd

Unabridged — 7 hours, 20 minutes

How to Say Goodbye in Robot

How to Say Goodbye in Robot

by Natalie Standiford

Narrated by Kate Rudd

Unabridged — 7 hours, 20 minutes

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From bestselling author Natalie Standiford, an amazing, touching story of two friends navigating the dark waters of their senior year.New to town, Beatrice is expecting her new best friend to be one of the girls she meets on the first day. But instead, the alphabet conspires to seat her next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet loner who hasn't made a new friend since third grade. Something about him, though, gets to Bea, and soon they form an unexpected friendship. It's not romance, exactly - but it's definitely love. Still, Bea can't quite dispel Jonah's gloom and doom - and as she finds out his family history, she understands why. Can Bea help Jonah? Or is he destined to vanish?


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Surprising everyone at their private school, a sardonic loner befriends the new girl in this unusual story of an intense platonic relationship between two misfits. Dubbed a robot by her emotionally unstable mother after she fails to manifest sufficient heartbreak over the death of their gerbil, Bea meets pale, withdrawn Jonah, maliciously called "Ghost Boy" by their peers. Almost immediately, she realizes that she has more in common with Jonah than with the catty, insular girls that surround her and begins to rely increasingly heavily on him even as she discovers more about his tragically strange past. Standiford has crafted a darkly whimsical tale filled with details that will be recognizable to teens truly existing on the fringe, complete with references to John Waters films and outsider musician Daniel Johnston. Bea's original first-person voice will draw readers in, and the unexpected plot will keep them engaged. A decidedly purposeful not-love story, this has all the makings of a cult hit with a flavor similar to Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999). (Fiction. 12 & up)

AUGUST 2011 - AudioFile

Beatrice hits upon the idea of becoming "Robot Girl" when her mother chides her for not feeling emotion. Given her mother’s current bizarre behavior and her distant father, Beatrice longs to connect with someone. Like many of us, she finds an outlet in listening to a quirky late-night radio show called “Night Light,” recommended to her by another struggling outcast called “Ghost Boy.” Kate Rudd gives Beatrice just the right amount of sarcastic bleakness to make her painful awareness of being a lifelong outcast completely believable. A special treat is the multiple narrators who take on the eclectic and lonely group of late-night callers—each with a distinct, eccentric, and perfectly drawn personality. D.G. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID: 2940169672619
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Publication date: 12/01/2010
Edition description: Unabridged
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