Author: Nora Shalaway Carpenter
Genre: YA Contemporary Fiction/Mental Health
Release Date: March 24, 2020
Publisher: Running Press Teen
Synopsis:
Len is a loner teen photographer haunted by a past that’s stagnated her
work and left her terrified she’s losing her mind. Sage is a high school
volleyball star desperate to find a way around her sudden medical
disqualification. Both girls need college scholarships. After a chance
encounter, the two develop an unlikely friendship that enables them to
begin facing their inner demons.
But both Len and Sage are keeping secrets that, left hidden, could cost them everything, maybe even their lives.
Set in the North Carolina mountains, this dynamic #ownvoices novel
explores grief, mental health, and the transformative power of
friendship.
Character Playlist
1. Everything I wanted by Billie Eilish (Len)
2. The Best by AWOLNation (Sage)
3. Breathin by Ariana Grande (Len)
4. High Hopes by Panic! At the Disco (Sage)
5. Light On by Maggie Rogers (Len)
6. The Walker by Fitz & the Tantrums (Sage)
7. Zombie by The Cranberries (Len)
8. Lash Out by Alice Merton (Sage)
9. Breathe Me by Sia (Len)
10. Shake it Out by Florence + the Machine (Sage)
11. Don’t Give Up by Kevin Rudolf (Len)
12. Closer to Fine by Indigo Girls (Sage)
Nora
Shalaway Carpenter holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young
Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Before she wrote books, she
served as associate editor of Wonderful West Virginia magazine and has
been a Certified Yoga Teacher since 2012. Originally from rural West
Virginia, she currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina with her
husband, three young children, and one not-so-young dog. Learn more at www.noracarpenterwrites.com or follow her on Instagram @noracarpenterwrites and Twitter @norawritesbooks.
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Starts: March 24, 2020
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