The Shape of Thunder

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An extraordinary new novel from Jasmine Warga, Newbery Honorwinning author of Other Words for Home, about loss and healingand how friendship can be magical.

Cora hasnt spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year.

Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did.

On the day of Coras twelfth birthday, Quinn leaves a box on her doorstep with a note. She has decided that the only way to fix things is to go back in time to the moment before her brother changed all their lives foreverand stop him.

In spite of herself, Cora wants to believe. And so the two former friends begin working together to open a wormhole in the fabric of the universe. But as they attempt to unravel the mysteries of time travel to save their siblings, they learn that the magic of their friendship may actually be the key to saving themselves.

The Shape of Thunder is a deeply moving story, told with exceptional grace, about friendship and lossand how believing in impossible things can help us heal.

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With taut pacing, nuanced characters, and compassionate depictions of grief and trauma, Wargas novel is both timely and transcendent; a must-purchase for all collections. School Library Journal (starred review) The story builds steadily toward a moving conclusion; Wargas lyrical language and credible rendering of both middle school life and of the tensions of two families coping differently with personal devastation make for a perceptive, sensitively told novel about the effects of gun violence. Publishers Weekly [Cora and Quinn] are well developed, and Warga skillfully handles both their delicate, emotional friendship and larger subjects of grief and gun violence. Powerful and emotionally complex. Kirkus Reviews This will spark meaningful discussions. ALA Booklist Warga skillfully develops unique voices for her narrators, and the novels alternating-perspective structure works well. Emotions run high throughout the book without dragging down the plot, and the portrayal of middle-school life is utterly authentic. Horn Book Magazine Warga limns a tale that downplays sensationalism while acknowledging the deep fear that many readers may carry regarding school shootings. Bulletin of the Center for Childrens Books A beautiful story about the love that is possible even when the worst has already happened. Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medalist

Author Bio

Jasmine Warga is also the author of the teen books, Here We Are Now, and My Heart and Other Black Holes, which has been translated into over twenty languages. She lives and writes in Chicago, IL. You can visit Jasmine online at www.jasminewarga.com.