This book is a treasure--a touching story of friendship, loss, and finding beauty in the everyday, with characters who stay with you long after you\'ve turned the final page.
But as the days of this magical June start to draw to a close, and the darker realities of their lives intrude once more, Leah and Jasper have to decide how real their friendship is, and whether it can be enough to save them both..
Together, the two girls carve out a place for themselves, a hideaway in the overgrown spaces of Atlanta, away from their parents and their hardships, somewhere only they can find.
And Jasper, Leah discovers, is also lost.
There\'s something mysterious about Jasper, almost magical.
Then she meets Jasper, a girl unlike anyone she has ever known.
Since that day, her parents have become distant, her friends have fallen away, and Leah\'s been adrift and alone.
She has been this way since one terrible afternoon a year ago, when everything changed. lost. . .
But Leah feels.
The sky is blue, the sun is blazing, and the days brim with possibility.
The school year is over, and it is summer in Atlanta.
Palacio, New York Times bestselling author of Wonder Laurel Snyder, author of Orphan Island , returns with another unforgettable story of the moments in which we find out who we are, and the life-altering friendships that show us what we can be.
J.
I absolutely loved it.--R.
This book is a treasure--a touching story of friendship, loss, and finding beauty in the everyday, with characters who stay with you long after you\'ve turned the final page
