Girl on the Line

A story that begins where too many others end, this stunningly written and unflinchingly authentic tale of love, loss, and hope will touch 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. Praise for Faith Gardner's&nbsp;The Second Life of Ava Rivers: "A beautiful, moving, and thoughtful story about how far we're willing to go for family." --Kathleen Glasgow,&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestselling author of&nbsp;Girl in Pieces "This remarkable novel reproduces the personal and family trauma associated with the loss and recovery of a missing child. The Second Life of Ava Rivers is an enthralling tale."&nbsp;--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)&nbsp;(starred review) "Gardner's unforgettable voice blends Jodi Picoult's emotional, ripped-from-the-headlines storytelling with Mindy McGinnis's unflinchingly honest protagonists."&nbsp;--Booklist&nbsp;(starred review) "Gardner brings a unique tenderness focused on the human dynamics of creating family and individual identity in the face of tragedy."&nbsp;--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books&nbsp;(starred review)

Teen & Young Adult

Gardner, Faith

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins

A story that begins where too many others end, this stunningly written and unflinchingly authentic tale of love, loss, and hope will touch 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. 
Praise for Faith Gardner's The Second Life of Ava Rivers: 
"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 
“This remarkable novel reproduces the personal and family trauma associated with the loss and recovery of a missing child. The Second Life of Ava Rivers is an enthralling tale.” —Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review) 
"Gardner’s unforgettable voice blends Jodi Picoult’s emotional, ripped-from-the-headlines storytelling with Mindy McGinnis’s unflinchingly honest protagonists." —Booklist (starred review) 
“Gardner brings a unique tenderness focused on the human dynamics of creating family and individual identity in the face of tragedy.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)

For readers of This Is How It Ends and All the Bright Places, How We Ricochet takes an intimate and unflinching look into the devastating consequences of a mass shooting for one girl and her close-knit family, from Faith Gardner, acclaimed author of Girl on the Line. 
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 a fearless and necessary story for our time that will resonate with readers everywhere.\nFrom School Library Journal\nGr 9 Up-Although her single mom couldn't afford to send her to college with her affluent peers, newly graduated Betty Lavelle is finding her way in her hometown of Berkeley, CA. Life changes suddenly when Betty's mom and sister Joy survive a mass shooting at their local shopping mall. As the title indicates, the novel highlights the different ways in which people respond to and recover from tragedy. Betty's mom becomes an activist working to dismantle the Second Amendment, while Joy retreats inward, struggling with agoraphobia and substance abuse issues as she attempts to self-medicate. Betty, who was at the mall but not present for the shooting, struggles with the lingering guilt and a desire for concrete answers and solutions. She befriends Michael, the perpetrator's brother, intending only to use him for information. However, as she and Michael grow closer, they find a connection that runs deep despite the secrets both are keeping. Although told from Betty's perspective, the book offers insights into many characters' struggles and growth throughout. Betty is a capable, believable narrator, and YA and new adult readers will relate to the big questions she poses about the state of the world and her own future within it. The main character and her family are cued as white. There is pansexual and nonbinary representation. The book includes many possible triggers, such as violence, substance abuse, depression, and suicide. VERDICT This powerful novel is an important addition for teen collections.-Mary Kamelaα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

How We Ricochet

If You Can Hear This

THREE STARRED REVIEWS "Remarkable."--VOYA "Genre-defying."--Booklist "Deeply compelling."--BCCB "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 Vera Rivers' life is split in two: before her twin sister Ava disappeared twelve years ago and after. Before was hot Junes and ice cream trucks, dancing in sprinklers, loud Christmas mornings and pancakes on Saturdays. The after is everything else: police officers, investigators, tips, theories, leads, but never any answers. The case made headlines, shocked Vera's Northern California community, and turned her family into tragic celebrities. Now, at eighteen, Vera is counting down the days until she starts her new life at college in Portland, Oregon, far away from the dark cloud she and her family have lived under for twelve years. But all that changes when a girl shows up at the local hospital. Her name is Ava Rivers and she wants to go home. Ava's return begins to mend the fractures in the Rivers family. Vera and Ava's estranged older brother returns. Vera reconnects with Max, the sweet, artistic boy from her childhood. Their parents smile again. But the questions remain: Where was Ava all these years? And who is she now? Powerful and gripping, The Second Life of Ava Rivers is equal parts thriller, mystery, and haunting meditation on grief, family, and forgiveness.

The Second Life of Ava Rivers

Razorbill

Penguin LCC US

As featured on Bustle.com, Best of Summer Round-up 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, Justin, ten years ago, when Arielle was a little child. She almost hopes that ghosts are real, so that she might see Justin again. But ever since the misty morning when Arielle stumbles on the macabre sight of the body of her sister Casey's best friend, Perdita, being lifted from a nearby pond, ghostly images begin to appear to Arielle. Can they be Perdita, reaching out as speculation about her death ramps up from suicide to foul play? Perdita's younger brother, Tex, is back from private school, and Arielle can't get him off her mind, although he's a beautiful boy with scary secrets. Worse yet, there's no one to tell: big sister Casey's off to college, and Arielle discovers her own sister's cache of secret writings, along with a bizarre note from Perdita. What's real? What's fantasy? In a compelling tale that hurtles toward a stunning conclusion, the imprint of grief and the boundaries of human imagination are stretched to their limits.

Perdita

Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers

Amen Maxine (The Jolvix Episodes - Standalone Thrillers)

Genre Fiction

Mirror House Press

Violet Is Nowhere (The Jolvix Episodes)

What January Remembers (The Jolvix Episodes)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

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