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Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series

and keenly observed portrait of yearning itself

The books feel at once firmly steeped in the classics of children's literature and completely fresh

" Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women

the links of a long chain

Dry Josie has been listening to"The authors do not hold back." Booklist (starred review) "The palpable desperation that pervades the plot feels true, giving it a chilling air of inevitability." Publishers Weekly (starred review) "The Shustermans challenge readers." School Library Journal (starred review) "No one does doom like Neal Shusterman." Kirkus Reviews (starred review) When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and