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Paperback
Published: 1st January 2019
Paperback
Published: 1st December 2017
Hardback
Published: 2nd January 2018
Before I Let Go
By (Author) Marieke Nijkamp
Sourcebooks, Inc
Sourcebooks Fire
1st January 2019
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Death and grief
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Disability, impairments and spec
Childrens / Teenage: Personal and social topics
FIC
Paperback
384
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 25mm
391g
From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller This Is Where It Ends comes another unforgettable story of loss, hope, betrayal, and the quest for truth
Best friends Corey and Kyra were inseparable in their snow-covered town of Lost Creek, Alaska. When Corey moves away, she makes Kyra promise to stay strong during the long, dark winter, and wait for her return. Just days before Corey is to return home to visit, Kyra dies. Corey is devastated--and confused. The entire Lost community speaks in hushed tones about the town's lost daughter, saying her death was meant to be. And they push Corey away like she's a stranger. Corey knows something is wrong. With every hour, her suspicion grows. Lost is keeping secrets--chilling secrets. But piecing together the truth about what happened to her best friend may prove as difficult as lighting the sky in an Alaskan winter...
"With exceptional handling of everything from mental illness to guilt and a riveting, magic realist narrative, this well wrought, haunting novel will stick with readers long after the final page." - Booklist
Marieke Nijkamp is a storyteller, dreamer, globe-trotter, geek. She holds degrees in philosophy, history, and medieval studies, has served as an executive member of We Need Diverse Books, and is the founder of DiversifYA. She lives in the Netherlands. Visit her at mariekenijkamp.com.