" and worthy choice for high school libraries." — School Library Journal, starred review
"This compelling character study begins like a thriller—the mystery of what happened to her friend Agnes draws considerable suspense... it becomes a nuanced exploration of mental illness." — Booklist
"A compelling and beautifully told story." — Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces
"A tense and terrific read." — Natalie D. Richards, author of One Was Lost and What You Hide
"A great story full of mystery, heartbreak, and hope." — Jennifer Shaw Wolf, author of Dead Girls Don’t Lie and Breaking Beautiful
"Intense, compelling, and wholly original." — Kerry Kletter, author of The First Time She Drowned
"An honest look at one young person’s experience with mental illness, as well as the impact mental disease has on others." — School Library Connection
"A respectful, authentic rendering of mental illness and treatment." — Kirkus Reviews
Contemporary is my favorite genre in part for all its possibilities. In any given list of contemporary greats, including this one, there can be romantic comedies, thrillers, stories of perseverance in the face of an adverse world, explorations of real-life issues, and settings that can be wildly true to where you grew up or a […]
February may be the shortest month but it’s chock-full of amazing new YA books. I’m not saying you should try to read one per day, but I’m not NOT saying that, either. With new books from Angie Thomas, Bill Konigsberg, Kasie West, and Shaun David Hutchinson to name a few, it’ll be pure pleasure to […]
If it felt like this week’s YA releases would never come, that’s because there’s so much to be excited about! Not only do we get Angie Thomas’s sophomore effort, but an extraordinary variety of fantasy, historical, and contemporary reads set during the French Revolution, the French-Breton war, 1960s Kuala Lumpur, and behind the scenes of […]