The Map from Here to There

by Emery Lord

Overview

"Gut-bustingly funny and exquisitely tender." - Katie Cotugno, New York Times bestselling author of 99 Days

Acclaimed author Emery Lord crafts a gorgeous story of friendship and identity, daring to ask: What happens after happily ever after?

It's senior year, and Paige Hancock is finally living her best life. She has a fun summer job, great friends, and a super charming boyfriend who totally gets her. But senior year also means big decisions. Weighing "the rest of her life," Paige feels her anxiety begin to pervade every decision she makes. Everything is exactly how she always wanted it to be—how can she leave it all behind next year? In her head, she knows there is so much more to experience after high school. But in her heart, is it so terrible to want everything to stay the same forever?

Emery Lord's award-winning storytelling shines with lovable characters and heartfelt exploration of life's most important questions.

Praise for The Start of Me and You
A Huffington Post Top YA Books of 2015
One of PopSugar's Best YA Books of 2015

Praise for When We Collided
2017 Schneider Family Book Award Winner
One of YALSA's 2017 Best Fiction for Young Adult Readers
A YALSA 2017 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult readers
A USA Today Must-Read Romance of 2016
One of PopSugar's Best YA Books of 2016
One of Nerdy Book Club's Best YA Fiction of 2016

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681199382
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	01/07/2020
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	180,571
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.40(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Emery Lord is the author of Open Road Summer; The Start of Me and You; When We Collided, which was a Schneider Family Book Award Winner, a YALSA-ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, and a YALSA-ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Books; and The Names They Gave Us. She lives in Ohio with her family and several shelves of books that she considers friends.
www.emerylord.com
@emerylord

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2019

Gr 7 Up—Endearing new couple Paige and Max from The Start of Me and You are back for their senior year in this sequel about friendship and finding life balance. Over the course of a school year, Paige struggles with what choices lay ahead for her after graduation. Despite being happy with Max, she wrestles with which colleges to apply to and saying goodbye to her close-knit group of friends. Her anxiety gets the best of her and her relationship with Max begins to disintegrate; she gets caught up in her head about choices to make in the future and loses sight of how to enjoy the moment she is in. An experienced YA author, Lord captures teenage struggles effectively and shows how senior year is a difficult time for many. Teens are almost at the end of their school career and thinking of the different paths they will soon be taking, yet they need to live in the here and now. Friendship is an important part of the narrative, and the author ably shows that one does not have to choose a relationship over friends, but that they can balance both. Paige's and Max's journey is realistic and readers will root for them to reconcile. VERDICT An appealing romance, at times heavy on the angst, that can stand alone but should be a definite buy where the first book was popular.—Nancy McKay, Byron Public Library, IL

School Library Journal

2019-09-23
An immersive senior year experience, beginnings and endings included.

After an amazing summer with her screenwriting partner, Maeve, in New York City, Paige Hancock's life back home in Oakhurst, Indiana, is looking up—reminders of the drowning death two years earlier of her boyfriend, Aaron, and her reoccurring anxiety issues notwithstanding. But the start of her senior year heralds changes for relationships that give her life stability: with her tightknit friendship group; new boyfriend, Max; outgoing younger sister, Cameron; and divorced parents, whose relationship seems on the mend. She also works through wavering feelings about her college options—the safe in-state public university or private schools in New York and California? Enter Paige and friends' bucket list for a final year of bonding! The theme of separation runs throughout the book, from her friends' changing to Paige's own evolving views on life. Screenplay references that frame the narration of Paige's life and descriptions of how she deals with her anxiety make the story shine. The well-developed ensemble cast includes diverse family structures and shifting friendship dynamics that mirror Paige's own evolution in this satisfying story that ties up all the loose ends. Paige and most main characters are white; one of Paige's close friends is biracial (black and Polish), one is lesbian, and there is diversity in secondary characters.

Engrossing and engaging. (Fiction. 14-18)

Kirkus Reviews

What a gift Emery Lord has given us with The Map from Here to There. Gut-bustingly funny and exquisitely tender, full of characters to fall in love with and writing that sings out loud, this is a book about figuring out what the rest of your life is going to look like. It's a book about learning to be a person in the world.” —Katie Cotugno, New York Times bestselling author of 99 DAYS

“Lord spends time developing her side characters with depth and maturity, calling out stereotypes and using the characters to explore less common topics in teen literature. An engaging novel.” —School Library Connection

“Engrossing and engaging.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Lord hits the agonizing and comforting beats of the end of high school, capturing the nostalgia of old friendships and hard choices.” —Booklist

“A relationship-focused romance with some solid and authentic dynamics. . . . Relatable.” —BCCB

“Will inspire readers to persevere.” —SLJ, starred review, on THE START OF ME AND YOU

“A well-crafted love story that will melt your heart a dozen different ways.” —USA Today on THE START OF ME AND YOU

“Lord crafts a poignant look at what it's like to deal with love, loss, and general teendom, then infuses it with sharp wit and pop culture references.” —Entertainment Weekly on THE START OF ME AND YOU

“A natural successor to Sarah Dessen's The Truth about Forever. . . . Comfortingly familiar, vibrant, and, at times, wrenching, this belongs on all shelves.” —Booklist, starred review, on THE NAMES THEY GAVE US

“This solid coming-of-age story with family drama and personal growth is a must-have for libraries with Jenny Han and Jennifer Niven fans.” —SLJ on THE NAMES THEY GAVE US

“This is more than a love story. When We Collided carefully yet effortlessly puts mental illness in conversation with the beauty and struggle of adolescence.” —Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of DUMPLIN' on WHEN WE COLLIDED

“Searingly honest, gut-wrenchingly authentic, and deeply romantic, When We Collided is a gift of a novel.” —Jasmine Warga, author of MY HEART AND OTHER BLACK HOLES on WHEN WE COLLIDED

“An absolute tearjerker romance with a powerful message about weightier topics of grief and mental illness.” —SLJ, starred review, on WHEN WE COLLIDED

“A beautifully wrought portrait of bipolar disorder and depression. . . . Full, compassionate and achingly vibrant.” —USA Today on WHEN WE COLLIDED

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