'Jace narrates in an authentic, questioning voice that captures everything from identity loss to survivor guilt. 'A thought-provoking and hopeful look at grief and recovery.' 'A striking meditation on grief, blame, fate, and losing one's faith.' Spot-on dialogue and an authentic voice keep this story fresh. “Kade's contemplation of life and the afterlife is unflinching, and Jace's journey through his grief is messy, raw, and, above all, real. Find her on Twitter Instagram and her website .“Kade’s writing effectively conveys loss readers can feel the trauma of losing not only a family member but also a sense of belonging.” She lives in a suburb of Chicago with her husband and two retired racing greyhounds. And to find a place where she truly belongs, Caroline may have to abandon her script and take the risk of being herself.Ĭontributor Bio(s): Kade, Stacey: - Stacey Kade is the author of the Ghost and the Goth trilogy ( The Ghost and the Goth, Queen of the Dead, and Body & Soul), the Project Paper Doll series ( The Rules, The Hunt, and The Trials), For This Life Only, and Finding Felicity. But she soon realizes that the real world is rarely as simple as television makes it out to be. Armed with nothing more than her resolve and a Felicity-inspired plan, Caroline accepts the challenge. Otherwise, it's back to living at home-and a lot of therapy. However, when her mother discovers the truth about her manufactured friends, she gives Caroline an ultimatum: Prove in this first semester that she can make friends of the nonfictional variety and thrive in a new environment. But now it's time for Caroline to go off to college and she wants nothing more than to leave her old 'life' behind and build something real.

So out of desperation and a desire to please her worried mother, Caroline invented a whole life for herself-using characters from Felicity, an old show she discovered online and fell in love with. Young AdultScience FictionRomance & Love The Rules Published Year: 2013. Being the new girl is hard enough without being socially awkward too. Read free Stacey Kade eBook & Novel Online The Trials Published Year: 2015. And her parents' divorce and the move to Arizona three years ago didn't help.

Caroline Sands has never been particularly good at making friends. 113 - Recommended, Satisfactoryįelicity meets Fangirl in this contemporary novel about a young woman who must leave behind her fantasy life-inspired by her favorite WB show from the 1990s-and create a real one at college. Review Citations: School Library Journal Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Dating & Sex Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readersīinding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions

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