Synopses & Reviews
For sixteen years, Daisy has been good. A good daughter, helping out with her autistic younger brother uncomplainingly. A good friend, even when her best friend makes her feel like a third wheel. When her parents announce theyre sending her brother to an institutionwithout consulting herDaisys furious, and decides the best way to be a good sister is to start being bad. She quits jazz band and orchestra, slacks in school, and falls for bad-boy Dave.
But one person wont let Daisy forget who she used to be: Irish exchange student and brilliant musician Cal. Does she want the bad boy or the prodigy? Should she side with her parents or protect her brother? How do you know when to hold on and whenand howto let go?
The Sound of Letting Go is deeply moving, fiercely honest, and always surprising. Stasia Ward Kehoes characters are so real and complex, you wont want to let them go at the end. I loved this book!”Barbara Dee, author of Solving Zoe, This is Me From Now On, Just Another Day in My Insanely Real Life, and Trauma Queen
Achingly beautiful, The Sound of Letting Go takes readers down a dangerous path while touching the heart and encouraging hope.”Elana Johnson, author of Possession, Surrender, and Abandon
Told in verse that is at once delicate and strong, lyrical and honest, Stasia Kehoes The Sound of Letting Go is a moving contemporary story of the intense push and pull between the responsibility of family and the freedom of dreams.”Jessi Kirby, author of Moonglass, In Honor, and Golden
With captivating verse and a lyrical love story to match, The Sound of Letting Go will keep you hanging on, breathless and enchanted, until the very last page.”Gretchen McNeil, author of Possess, Ten and the forthcoming 3:59 and the Dont Get Mad” series
Soulful and stunning, this book has captured my heart. Its one of those tragic melodies you never want to end, a tribute to the damning and redemptive power of music.”Jessica Martinez, author of Virtuosity and The Space Between Us
The Sound of Letting Go draws you honestly into the turbulent ambivalence of life with a severely challenged sibling, while never short-shrifting Daisy's individual coming-of-age journey. The music of Stasia Kehoe's beautifully flawed characters will resonate in your mind long after you finish reading her book.”Elise Allen, author of Populazzi, co-author of the Elixir series with Hilary Duff
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"This will be recognizable territory to anyone who has read Hopkinsand#8217; earlier novels. . . . As a cautionary tale, however, this offers helpful insights into the continuing presence of HIV in teen lives and the urgency of making better choices in matters involving sex."--andlt;Iandgt;Booklistandlt;/Iandgt;
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"Brimming with shoes about to drop (some do, some don't) and the drama her fans devour . . ."--Kirkus Reviews
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"Graphic, bitingly honest, and voluminous verse."
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"By turns poised and visceral." < -="" i="" -=""> - The Horn Book Guide - < -="" -="">
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"By turns poised and visceral."
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"This will be recognizable territory to anyone who has read Hopkins’ earlier novels. . . . As a cautionary tale, however, this offers helpful insights into the continuing presence of HIV in teen lives and the urgency of making better choices in matters involving sex."--Booklist
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"Brimming with shoes about to drop (some do, some don’t) and the drama her fans devour . . ."--Kirkus Reviews
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"Graphic, bitingly honest, and voluminous verse." < -="" i="" -=""> - SLJ - < -="" -="">
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PRAISE FOR STASIA'S FIRST BOOK, AUDITION:
"Sara's coming-of-age tale is one of passion and romance, colliding with her vision of whom she ultimately hopes to be. Her confused feelings are believably expressed and her attitudes toward her friends and the adults in her life will ring true, especially to...readers who are also involved in the performing arts." --School Library Journal "The author, who has a performing and choreography background, stages Sara's dance world clearly through her spare verse, from ballet moves and body aches to studio drama... readers will empathize as she struggles with everything from sore shins to Rem's fickleness and whether she wants to continue dancing." --Publisher's Weekly "Fans of Ellen Hopkins and Sonya Sones will enjoy this cautionary, detail-oriented look at the backstage world of the ballet and cheer for Sara as she finally makes her own decisions about her commitment to dance and her future." --Booklist "...the pages turn quickly once the reader gets into the rhythm of the words and Sara's story. Kehoe can turn an evocative phrase, like the way she describes the "encrusted hairspray" of the dancer, or the minimalist way in which she describes a dancer's eating disorder..." --Huffington Post
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"Brimming with shoes about to drop (some do, some donand#8217;t) and the drama her fans devour . . ."--andlt;Iandgt;Kirkus Reviewsandlt;/Iandgt;
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andlt;divandgt;"Graphic, bitingly honest, and voluminous verse."andlt;/divandgt;
Synopsis
Love--good and bad--forces three teens' worlds to tilt in a riveting novel from New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins.
Three teens, three stories--all interconnected through their parents' family relationships. As the adults pull away, caught up in their own dilemmas, the lives of the teens begin to tilt....
Mikayla, almost eighteen, is over-the-top in love with Dylan, who loves her back jealously. But what happens to that love when Mikayla gets pregnant the summer before their senior year--and decides to keep the baby?
Shane turns sixteen that same summer and falls hard in love with his first boyfriend, Alex, who happens to be HIV positive. Shane has lived for four years with his little sister's impending death. Can he accept Alex's love, knowing that his life, too, will be shortened?
Harley is fourteen--a good girl searching for new experiences, especially love from an older boy. She never expects to hurdle toward self-destructive extremes in order to define who she is and who she wants to be.
Love, in all its forms, has crucial consequences in this standalone novel.
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andlt;Bandgt;Loveand#8212;good and badand#8212;forces three teensand#8217; worlds to tilt in a riveting novel from andlt;iandgt;New York Times andlt;/iandgt;bestselling author Ellen Hopkins.andlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Three teens, three storiesand#8212;all interconnected through their parentsand#8217; family relationships. As the adults pull away, caught up in their own dilemmas, the lives of the teens begin to tiltand#8230;.andlt;BRandgt;Mikayla, almost eighteen, is over-the-top in love with Dylan, who loves her back jealously. But what happens to that love when Mikayla gets pregnant the summer before their senior yearand#8212;and decides to keep the baby?andlt;BRandgt;Shane turns sixteen that same summer and falls hard in love with his first boyfriend, Alex, who happens to be HIV positive. Shane has lived for four years with his little sisterand#8217;s impending death. Can he accept Alexand#8217;s love, knowing that his life, too, will be shortened?andlt;BRandgt;Harley is fourteenand#8212;a good girl searching for new experiences, especially love from an older boy. She never expects to hurdle toward self-destructive extremes in order to define who she is and who she wants to be.andlt;BRandgt;Love, in all its forms, has crucial consequences in this standalone novel.
Synopsis
Love—good and bad—forces three teens’ worlds to tilt in a riveting novel from New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins.Three teens, three stories—all interconnected through their parents’ family relationships. As the adults pull away, caught up in their own dilemmas, the lives of the teens begin to tilt….
Mikayla, almost eighteen, is over-the-top in love with Dylan, who loves her back jealously. But what happens to that love when Mikayla gets pregnant the summer before their senior year—and decides to keep the baby?
Shane turns sixteen that same summer and falls hard in love with his first boyfriend, Alex, who happens to be HIV positive. Shane has lived for four years with his little sister’s impending death. Can he accept Alex’s love, knowing that his life, too, will be shortened?
Harley is fourteen—a good girl searching for new experiences, especially love from an older boy. She never expects to hurdle toward self-destructive extremes in order to define who she is and who she wants to be.
Love, in all its forms, has crucial consequences in this standalone novel.
About the Author
Ellen Hopkins is the #1 andlt;iandgt;New York Timesandlt;/iandgt; bestselling author of eleven young adult novels, as well as the adult novels andlt;iandgt;Trianglesandlt;/iandgt;, andlt;iandgt;Collateral, andlt;/iandgt;and andlt;iandgt;Love Lies Beneathandlt;/iandgt;. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative. Visit her at EllenHopkins.com and on Facebook, and follow her on Twitter at @EllenHopkinsLit. For more information on Ventana Sierra, go to VentanaSierra.org.