Thirty to Sixty Days

(Hardback)

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Hattie Larken doesn't know if she's ever really been real in her life. A compulsive liar with a quick-witted response to everything, she's willing to do whatever it takes to just skate through the rest of high school until she can graduate and escape it all: the mind-numbing monotony of this town, the guilt of everything that happened with her dad, and the debt that her mom's dealing with that she feels responsible for.

But then Hattie finds out she's dying. Not like in that overdramatic way that people sometimes say they're dying. She's literally dying. Apparently, she was exposed to a parasite because of a mistake her mom's company made. (And no, the irony of that all is not lost on Hattie...) And she's not the only one. Two other kids from her class also have been exposed to the parasite: Carmen, who seems to be totally perfect, with the class presidency, a loving family, and a totally beautiful girlfriend; and Albie, a quiet kid who survived childhood cancer only to deal with this, which feels like an incredibly cruel joke from the universe.

Hattie, Albie, and Carmen are told they only have thirty to sixty days to live. But instead of just sitting around a hospital and waiting to die, the three kids form an unlikely alliance to live the last days of their lives out to the fullest. Stealing and sailing a boat to Miami Absolutely. Adopting the turtle that a random college student hands to them Of course-they couldn't leave Scooter to fend for himself! Sneaking into the sold-out music festival in town You better believe it! And if Hattie just happens to find a way to raise some money for her mom through filming all their misadventures-well, she's not going to not do that then.

Snarky, bold, and deeply real, Thirty to Sixty Days examines the ways that three teens grapple with the thread of imminent death-and how each ultimately discovers what life ought to be.

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Three engaging odysseys in one, lit by humor of a particularly dark and spiky sort. * Kirkus *
Thirty to Sixty Days is a lighthearted, plot-driven coming-of-age romp with appealing characters. Great, page-turning funand thats no lie! * Booklist *

Author Bio

Alikay Wood was once described by a wedding DJ as five feet of fury. When shes not shredding up dance floors, shes writing books about friendship and unlikeable girls. She lives in California and is probably currently avoiding writing by rollerblading, crushing trivia competitions, or camping. Thirty to Sixty Days is her first book.