Whisper to Me - Softcover

Lake, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408853868 ISBN 13: 9781408853863

Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2016

Synopsis

'I love you. I'm sorry for what I did to you. I'm going to write it all down, explain everything that happened, why I broke your heart, and then I'm going to email it to you., I will be waiting for you at 5 p.m. Friday by the windmill hole at the crazy golf at the Pier where we played once. If you still want me then, when you're done reading this, come and get me., OK? Consider this the most screwed up love letter ever.'So begins Nick Lake's brilliant tour de force romance which introduces readers to Cassie, a New Jersey Shore teen who, over the course of one summer, experiences the exhilarating highs of new love, the frightening free falls of personal demons and family tragedy, and the bumps along the way to forgiveness, acceptance, and self-discovery. Told entirely through flashbacks, readers will savour every moment of Cassie's relationship with a boardwalk boy and race to the last page to discover how it all ends.

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Review:

A scintillating, challenging, contemporary novel by the author of There Will Be Lies (Metro 2016-07-18)

Perplexing and disorienting, full of the rich language and heady epiphanies readers have come to expect from the Printz Award-winning author (School Library Journal, starred review, on There Will Be Lies)

Impressively unpredictable - a motley mix of taut thriller, transportive fantasy, and poignant coming-of-age .Shelby narrates the surreal implosion of her life in an indignant, funny voice, à la Judy Blume (Entertainment Weekly on There Will Be Lies)

A rare joy to behold (Booklist on There Will Be Lies)

Suspenseful, complicated ... A fine exploration of the power of story itself (Kirkus Reviews on There Will Be Lies)

Lake returns to the mix of reality and fantasy he used to great success in his Printz-winning In Darkness ... Shelby is highly sympathetic (Publishers Weekly on There Will Be Lies)

A twisty drama suffused with elements of folklore (Wall Street Journal on There Will Be Lies)

A strange and beautiful story that truly deserves to be read. Do not hesitate to add this to your collection (VOYA on There Will Be Lies)

A resonant story of survival (BCCB on There Will Be Lies)

Vivid and poignant (School Library Journal, starred review, on Hostage Three)

Book Description:

Printz winner Nick Lake delivers an emotionally gut-wrenching love story told in reverse in this riveting, heart-rending summer romance

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1408853868
• ISBN 13: 9781408853863
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544