Sure, Arielle won't deny that she has a vivid, even wild, imagination. Sure, it sometimes runs away with her. And yes, it's true that she never recovered from the drowning death of her older brother,
"A beautiful, moving, and thoughtful story about how far we're willing to go for family."- Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces Ava's disappearance was the crack in th
Intimate, impactful, and incisive, this newest novel from Faith Gardner, critically acclaimed author of Girl on the Line, is an unflinching look into the devastating consequences of a mass shooting for one girl and her close-knit family, for readers of This Is How It Ends and All the Bright Places.?It seems sometimes a charade that we continue celebrating in the face of relentless tragedy.How dare we? But then . . . what else is there to do?Betty’s mom needed new pants for her job.That was why Betty was at the mall with her mom and sister when the shooting started.Afterward, nothing is the same.There are no easy answers to be found, and Betty’s search for them leads her to Michael, the brother of the shooter. But this path only shows Betty one thing: that everything she thought she knew―about herself, about the world around her―can change in a heartbeat.A moving, powerful journey of life after tragedy, How We Ricochet is an unflinching and necessary story for our time that will
“An achingly authentic depiction of cycling through depression and healing” (Kirkus, starred review). A story that begins where too many others end, Girl on the Line is a tale of love, loss, and hope for fans of All the Bright Places and Girl in Pieces.Life’s tough when you didn’t expect to be living it. But now that Journey has a future, she apparently also has to figure out what that future’s supposed to look like.Some days the pain feels as fresh as that day: the day she attempted suicide. Her parents don’t know how to speak to her. Her best friend cracks all the wrong jokes. Her bipolar II disorder feels like it swallows her completely.But other days―they feel like revelations. Like meeting the dazzling Etta, a city college student who is a world unto herself. Or walking into the office of the volunteer hotline, and discovering a community as simultaneously strong and broken as she is.Or uncovering the light within herself that she didn’t know existed.Perfect for fans of Challenger
"Fans of The Face on the Milk Carton and Room will revel in this book's generous supply of suspense."-Publishers Weekly "A beautiful, moving, and thoughtful story about how far we're willing to go fo
