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344 pp.
| Knopf |
April, 2016 |
TradeISBN 978-0-385-39157-3$17.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-385-39158-0$20.99
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EbookISBN 978-0-385-39159-7
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YA
After eighteen-year-old Jesse Serrano dies, the five young adults closest to him attempt to track down his long-gone mother. They follow her trail from Frankfurt to Rome on a quest that's by turns poignant, humorous, tense, and joyful. Interspersed with Jesse's meditative journal entries, the chapters shift point of view among the travelers, conveying their various (and very different) experiences of grief and healing.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2016