Midnight Sun

by Trish Cook

Overview

A heartbreaking tale of love, loss and one nearly perfect summer — perfect for fans of The Fault In Our Stars and Love, Simon.

Seventeen-year-old Katie Price has a rare disease that makes exposure to even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. Confined to her house during the day, her company is limited to her widowed father and her best (okay, only) friend. It isn't until after nightfall that Katie's world opens up, when she takes her guitar to the local train station and plays for the people coming and going.

Charlie Reed is a former all-star athlete at a crossroads in his life - and the boy Katie has secretly admired from afar for years. When he happens upon her playing guitar one night, fate intervenes and the two embark on a star-crossed romance.

As they challenge each other to chase their dreams and fall for each other under the summer night sky, Katie and Charlie form a bond strong enough to change them — and everyone around them — forever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316473576
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	02/06/2018
Edition description:	Media Tie
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	119,758
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.75(d)
Lexile:	HL680L (what's this?)
Age Range:	14 - 17 Years

About the Author

Trish Cook is the author of six young adult novels, including Outward Blonde, Notes from the Blender and A Really Awesome Mess. In her spare time, she's a runner, rower and wannabe guitarist. She dreams of being on The Amazing Race, but the closest she ever came was getting to the final round of casting for I Survived a Japanese Game Show (and unfortunately did not survive that last casting cut). You can visit Trish at www.trishcook.com.

Editorial Reviews

2018-03-05
A girl with a rare genetic condition that forces her to hide from the sun falls hard for a boy the summer after graduation.In first grade, not long after her mother's death, Katie Price was diagnosed with XP, or xeroderma pigmentosum. It's a severe sensitivity to sunlight that leads to skin cancer and a painful death if she has any exposure to the sun. She lives a limited life, sequestered at home with her father, socializing with her only friend, sleeping during the day, and doing online schooling at night. But the solar shades blocking the UV light from her windows can't stop her from noticing her crush, Charlie Reed, as he passes by. One night, Katie takes her guitar to the train station—a passionate musician, she longs for a larger audience than just her father. As fate would have it, Charlie is at the station, too. Soon, the two embark on the romance Katie had only dreamed of, meeting at night and exploring their small town. The problem is, she can't bear to tell him about her illness, and it's only a matter of time before he finds out. The romance is cloyingly sweet; Charlie's perfection knows no bounds. Katie's illness is often mentioned but its daily effects are rarely detailed, making it seem a distant threat, until, predictably, it isn't. All characters are presumed white.Another rote romantic tragedy. (Romance. 14-18)

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