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Hubbard, Jennifer R.
3 Reviews
(3)
YA
Maggie loves hiking mountains with her best friend, Nick, but off the trail, her life is complicated. A girl who bullied Maggie relentlessly in middle school has returned. And after Maggie and Nick kiss, their relationship becomes strained. This is a nuanced exploration of the difficulty of recovering from being bullied and of the restorative power of the natural world.
Reviewer: Rachel L. Smith
(2)
YA
High school junior Ryan is figuring out how to live again after a suicide attempt and psychiatric hospitalization. Desperate to understand her father's suicide, Nicki wants to know why Ryan tried to kill himself. Ryan works through her question in memories interspersed with the action. Ryan's relationships are nuanced and realistically fragile; his somber narration is punctuated with wry gallows humor.
Reviewer: Rachel L. Smith
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2012
(3)
YA
After Julia's death, seventeen-year-old Colt can't shake the memories of their secret relationship. His grief intensifies when he inherits Julia's journal, which recaps the year they spent together. Obsessed with "trying to keep her," Colt relives the past while withdrawing from the present until he finally learns to let go. The protagonist's realistic male voice bolsters this emotional romance.
Reviewer: Lana Barnes
3 reviews
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