Whisper to Me (US)

A remarkable story of strange beauty and self-discovery from Printz Award winner Nick Lake. Cassie is writing a letter to the boy whose heart she broke. She's trying to explain why. Why she pushed him away. Why her father got so angry when he saw them together. Why she disappears some nights. Why she won't let herself remember what happened that long-ago night on the boardwalk. Why she fell apart so completely. Desperate for his forgiveness, she's telling the whole story of the summer she nearly lost herself. She's hoping that love-love for your family, love for that person who makes your heart beat faster, and love for yourself-can save both of them after all. Awards for There Will Be Lies A Boston Globe Best YA Book of 2015 A Texas TAYSHAS Pick "Raw and lovely, dark and light, heartbreaking and human." - Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places Printz winner Nick Lake delivers an emotionally gut-wrenching love story told in reverse—starting with the post-break up apology letter—in this riveting, choices-of-the-heart summer romance. Cassie is writing a letter to the boy whose heart she broke. She's trying to explain why. Why she pushed him away. Why her father got so angry when he saw them together. Why she disappears some nights. Why she won't let herself remember what happened that long-ago night on the boardwalk. Why she fell apart so completely. Desperate for his forgiveness, she's telling the whole story of the summer she nearly lost herself. She's hoping that love-love for your family, love for that person who makes your heart beat faster, and love for yourself-can save both of them after all. Awards for There Will Be Lies A Boston Globe Best YA Book of 2015 A Texas TAYSHAS Pick Can love -- love for your family...love for that person who makes your heart beat faster...and love for yourself -- fix everything? Cassie fell head over heels for a boardwalk boy over the course of the summer. And then she broke his heart. But he knows only one side of the story. Desperate to make things right, Cassie composes the most screwed-up love letter ever, full of "I'm sorry"s and explanations. Why she pushed him away. Why her father got so angry when he saw them together. Why she would disappear sometimes. Why she wouldn't let herself remember what happened that long-ago night. Why she fell apart so completely and nearly lost herself. If he's willing to start over -- if he can forgive her -- she'll be waiting for him at 5 p.m. Friday at the pier. This compulsively page-turning story of self-discovery from award-winning author Nick Lake unfolds with the poignant intimacy of a diary entry and will have readers savoring every moment. -- From dust jacket Cassie is writing a letter to the boy whose heart she broke. Shes trying to explain why. Why she pushed him away. Why her father got so angry when he saw them together. Why she disappears some nights. Why she wont let herself remember what happened that long-ago night on the boardwalk. Why she fell apart so completely. Desperate for his forgiveness, shes telling the whole story of the summer she nearly lost herself. Shes hoping hell understand as well as she now does how lovelove for your family, love for that person who makes your heart beat faster, and love for yourselfcan save you after all. Told through letter-writing flashbacks, Cassie is a New Jersey shore teen who over the course of one summer experiences the exhilarating highs of new love, the frightening free-falls of personal demons and family tragedy, and the bumps along the way to forgiveness, acceptance, and self-discovery.