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Nina LaCour delivers another emotional knockout with Watch Over Me, the much-anticipated follow-up to the Printz Award-winning We Are Okay.
"Gripping; an emotion-packed must-read." Kirkus (Starred Review)
"Moving, unsettling, and full of atmospheric beauty." SLJ (Starred Review)
Mila is used to being alone.
Maybe that's why she said yes. Yes to a second chance in this
remote place, among the flowers and the fog and the crash of waves far
below.
But she hadn't known about the ghosts.
Newly graduated from high school, Mila has aged out of the foster
care system. So when she's offered a teaching job and a place to live
on an isolated part of the Northern California coast, she immediately
accepts. Maybe she will finally find a new home — a real home. The farm
is a refuge, but it's also haunted by the past. And Mila's own memories
are starting to rise to the surface.
Nina LaCour, the Printz Award-winning author of
We Are Okay, delivers another emotional knockout with
Watch Over Me, a modern ghost story about trauma and survival, chosen family and rebirth.
Review
"LaCour's portrait of a
young woman yearning to belong and facing her past while navigating the
liminal space between childhood and adulthood brims with tender moments
and sensory details." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
Review
"The sense of place is
strong, and readers will be transported to the rocky, coastal hills
shrouded in fog and full of secrets....Mila's journey to reclaim
herself and find independence is tense and powerful." Kirkus (Starred Review)
Review
"LaCour presents a ghost
story that is moving, unsettling, and full of atmospheric beauty with
foggy, coastal air that hangs heavy in the pages....100% LaCour at its
core." SLJ (Starred Review)
Synopsis
A modern ghost story about trauma and survival, Watch Over Me is the much-anticipated new novel from the Printz Award-winning author of We Are Okay ★ "Gripping; an emotion-packed must-read." -Kirkus, starred review
★ "A painfully compelling gem from a masterful creator." -Booklist, starred review
★ "Moving, unsettling, and full of atmospheric beauty." -SLJ, starred review
Mila is used to being alone.
Maybe that's why she said yes. Yes to a second chance in this remote place, among the flowers and the fog and the crash of waves far below.
But she hadn't known about the ghosts.
Newly graduated from high school, Mila has aged out of the foster care system. So when she's offered a teaching job and a place to live on an isolated part of the Northern California coast, she immediately accepts. Maybe she will finally find a new home--a real home. The farm is a refuge, but it's also haunted by the past. And Mila's own memories are starting to rise to the surface.
Nina LaCour, the Printz Award-winning author of We Are Okay, delivers another emotional knockout with Watch Over Me about trauma and survival, chosen family and rebirth.
About the Author
Nina LaCour is the author of the widely acclaimed
Hold Still,
The Disenchantments,
Everything Leads to You, and the Michael L. Printz Award-winner
We Are Okay. She is also the coauthor, with David Levithan, of
You Know Me Well. Formerly a bookseller and high school English
teacher, she now writes and parents full time. A San Francisco Bay Area
native, Nina lives with her family in San Francisco, California.
www.ninalacour.com