Lost for Words - Hardcover

Kuipers, Alice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061429228 ISBN 13: 9780061429224

Publisher: Harperteen, 2010

Synopsis

My New Year's resolution: I'm moving on from everything that's happened. I'm not going to talk about it, think about it, let the memory pounce upon me like a waiting tiger, nothing.

All Sophie wants to do is forget. But it's not easy now that everything's changed. The house feels too big, school drags on for too long, lights are too bright, the room spins, and her hands get sweaty for no reason. And she can't remember why she was ever best friends with Abigail, who is obsessed with parties and boys. Only the new girl, Rosa-Leigh, with her prose poems and utter confidence, might understand. But talking to her seems impossible.

Lost in memories of the life she once had, Sophie retreats into herself. But there's only so long she can keep everything bottled up inside before she explodes. Maybe by confronting the tragedy of her past she'll figure out how to fix her future.

About this title

Review:

Touching and realistic. --School Library Journal

"Touching and realistic."--School Library Journal

"Kuipers artfully manages to make Sophie's tale achingly real and yet still hopeful. Her distinct, first-person voice and quirky details shine through the dark tragedy, giving familiar themes a fresh take."--Kirkus Reviews

"Kuipers's...delicately details the complexities of the grief process."--Publishers Weekly

"The emotional portraits of Sophie and those around her ring true."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

This novel is gorgeous, heart-ripping, important. --Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (Starred Review)"

Kuipers artfully manages to make Sophie s tale achingly real and yet still hopeful. Her distinct, first person voice and quirky details shine through the dark tragedy, giving familiar themes a fresh take. --Kirkus Reviews"

Touching and realistic. --School Library Journal"

The emotional portraits of Sophie and those around her ring true. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books"

Kuipers s...delicately details the complexities of the grief process. --Publishers Weekly"

About the Author:

ALICE KUIPERS is the award-winning, bestselling author of four previous novels, Life on the Refrigerator Door, The Worst Thing She Ever Did, 40 Things I Want to Tell You and The Death of Us, and two picture books. Her work has been published in twenty-nine countries. She lives in Saskatoon.

Web: alicekuipers.com

Facebook: Alice Kuipers

Twitter: @AliceKuipers

About this edition

• Publisher: Harperteen
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061429228
• ISBN 13: 9780061429224
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 210